Tuesday, April 24 Black Health Coalition of Wisconsin, Inc. 3020 W. Vliet St, Milwaukee 5:30 pm -7:30 pm No RSVP required Join the Milwaukee LIHF Collaborative to hear recommendations to eliminate racial disparities in infant mortality in Milwaukee by 2020. This Community Action Plan is the result of a collaborative effort involving more than 30 [...]

By Kimberly N. Alleyne Special to the NNPA from the America’s Wire Health disparities are creating economic burdens for families, communities and the nation’s health care system. Across the country, infant mortality and chronic diseases continue to affect people of color at rates far higher than those for Whites. In recent years, the focus has [...]

City of Milwaukee seeks increased partnership with community to reduce African American infant deaths by 15 percent and overall infant deaths by 10 percent Mayor Tom Barrett and Commissioner of Health Bevan K. Baker announced an historic goal to reduce infant mortality in the City of Milwaukee by 2017. From 2008-2010, there were 340 infant [...]

The Milwaukee LIHF Project will be holding a Plenary Session on Saturday, April 30th from 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center (1531 W. Vliet Street). This public event will be an opportunity to learn about the emerging strategies to improve healthy birth outcomes for African-Americans in Milwaukee. At the [...]

Improving access to and the quality of women’s healthcare, screening and treating pregnant women for infections and chronic medical conditions, and helping women and their families quit smoking are three key steps to help reduce infant mortality rates in Milwaukee, according to a comprehensive report released this week by the City of Milwaukee Health Department [...]

By Lynda Jones, Editor Mayor Tom Barrett and Commissioner of Health Bevan K. Baker unveiled additional hard-hitting safe sleep campaign messages aimed to prevent further infant deaths in Milwaukee. After two reports last week of infants who died after sleeping in an unsafe sleep environment, Barrett and Baker held a news conference to announce the [...]

By Anna C. Benton, director Family and Community Health Services City of Milwaukee Health Department For the past decade, an average of 23 Milwaukee infants each year have died while sleeping unsafely. To address this issue, the City of Milwaukee Health Department recently launched a “safe sleep” campaign to prevent deaths related to bed-sharing in [...]