Covid-19
Documenting Disparity: The Challenges of Collecting Racial Data on Coronavirus (Black Women Health Initiative, May 1 2020)
BWHI - COVID-19 Relief for Communities of Color Fact Sheet
This fact sheet is offered to black women, who are also the nation’s business owners, employees, students and heads of households. While the information provided is generally available to the range of businesses and families in the U.S., BWHI offer it as a one-stop shop for useful information that is part of national relief for COVID-19.
African American Health Disparities Compared to Non-Hispanic Whites
Health Disparity Statistics and Data
Minority Health Project - The UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health works to expand awareness and knowledge about health equity concerns, deepen understanding of methodological, theoretical, and practical issues in health disparities research and interventions, and strengthen linkages across diversity activities to increase their effectiveness and success.
State of Black America - Supported in part by the National Urban League, State of Black America (SOBA) is a website offering statistics and articles all about Black racial inequality in the United States. Annual reports are released tracking economics, employment, housing, health, criminal justice, and more.
- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) diagnoses, by year of diagnosis and selected characteristics: United States, 2012–2017United States data on HIV/AIDS cases diagnosed, as of 2018. Provided by the CDC.
Organizations for Black Health Needs and Rights
- SisterSong - Reproductive JusticeSisterSong is a Southern based, national membership organization; our purpose is to build an effective network of individuals and organizations to improve institutional policies and systems that impact the reproductive lives of marginalized communities.
- Black Women Health Imperative (BWHI)Presently, the organization continues to be dedicated to promoting physical, mental and spiritual health and well-being for the nation’s 19.5 million African American women and girls. Resources on Black Women-specific COVID-19 healthcare coverage, reproductive health, stress, parenting, and more.