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Tag: health equity

Baby doll lying in incubator at Chatham Maternity Care Center
Posted inGender health

Sustainability issues at Chatham Maternity Care Center could jeopardize unit’s future

by Rachel Crumpler October 27, 2022October 27, 2022

By Rachel Crumpler Ellen Chetwynd, a long-time Chatham County resident, has already seen labor and delivery shut down once at Chatham Hospital. She gave birth to her daughter at Chatham Hospital in 1988 when it was at its old location on West Third Street in Siler City. Shortly after, motivated by her own positive birthing […]

A nurse in blue scrubs talks with a patient and his wife in a clinic exam room
Posted inHealth Inequities

State’s free and charitable clinics chart vision for health equity

by Rachel Crumpler September 29, 2022October 3, 2022
Vials of COVID vaccine
Posted inPublic Health

Trusted community messengers, data key in North Carolina’s journey to vaccine equity

by Rachel Crumpler August 4, 2022September 27, 2022
The entrance to a red brick building with a sign that says "The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital"
Posted inHealth Inequities

Local patients weren’t showing up to their appointments, so the hospital offered them a ride

by Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven January 26, 2022August 31, 2022

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