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Aletha Maybank, MD, on collecting race & ethnicity data to guide equity

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. See daily video updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 by discussing the importance of collecting race and ethnicity data to guide health care decisions.

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Health Equity
AMA Update
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Inequity’s toll for Black Americans: 74,000 more deaths a year

Black people have 24% higher mortality rate than whites in our 30 largest cities. But rates vary widely—suggesting that inequities aren’t inevitable.

Health Equity
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AMA, Satcher launch fellowship program to confront health inequities

First-of-its-kind initiative aims to reshape the future of health equity advocacy, improve health outcomes

Press Releases
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Feb. 19, 2021: Advocacy Update other news

Reckoning with medicine’s history of racism and more in the latest other news in Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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Microaggressions happen in medical school. Here’s how to stop them.

It takes big commitment to deter microaggressions, the negative racial slights that harm medical students’ training. Learn more with the AMA.

Medical School Diversity
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Reckoning with medicine’s history of racism

Evaluating the person commonly known as the founder of the AMA, Dr. Nathan Davis, is part of the AMA’s journey of reflection and action.

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Leadership
Leadership Viewpoints
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COVID-19’s unequal impact tied to another inequality—of income

County-level research finds a link between high levels of income inequality and a higher level of COVID-19 cases and deaths. Learn more with the AMA.

Health Equity
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Prioritizing Equity video series: COVID-19 & disability

In the latest Prioritizing Equity series, health justice leaders and advocates as discuss the ways in which COVID-19 uniquely impacts people with disabilities.

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Population Care
Prioritizing Equity Video Series
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How to get up to 3,000 more Black people in physician pipeline

Creating a physician workforce that more closely resembles the nation is a vital task. Learn more with the AMA about how it can be achieved.

Medical School Diversity