Uzazi Village is countering a crisis,
changing systems and closing gaps.
Nationally, the racial disparity in infant mortality is wider than during slavery. This is a public health crisis and an unconscionable injustice.
Saving African-American babies starts with positive outcomes for their mothers and families.
Infant deaths are tragic outcomes of inequities and systemic failures throughout U.S. healthcare.
While no one intervention can counter all the corrosive effects of structural racism, the right supports can make all the difference for mothers and their babies.
