By PAHO | January 19, 2024 Washington DC, 19 January 2024 (PAHO)- The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Wellness of Jamaica, conducted a workshop aimed at identifying strategic and high-priority actions resulting from the evaluation and strengthening of the Essential Public Health Functions (EPHF). Following the conclusion […]
If you are reading this on your smart-phone or laptop, you are fortunate to have access to internet service. More than 20 million households in the United States do not have internet service at home. The main barrier? Cost. Racial disparities with broadband service: According to census data, about 10 percent of Black and Hispanic […]
By Hannah L. F. Cooper and Mindy Thompson Fullilove, Urban Matters Excessive police violence has become an inescapable reality in the United States. Some of us have learned to scan the sidewalks and streets for officers from the moment we lock our door behind us to the moment we reach our destination. Some of us […]