[Events]

July is the month for: Alzheimer's Awareness Week Sickle Cell Awareness Day





[News]
Stroke continues to be a major disease within black communities. African-American men between the ages of 35-54 years have 4x greater risk of stroke than any other race. Find out more about this disease and other neurological diseases affecting black people in our neurology page.

The New Year is a time to reflect on the passing year and to hope for blessings in the coming year. As we enter into 2008, we would like to thank all of you for supporting Black Health Matters. We hope that 2008 will be a a year full of blessings for all of you. Happy New Year!

[Sponsorship]
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[Advertisements]
Although our organization prefers and will try to avoid having banner adverts on our website, we may have to do so on occasion, to allow us to maintain and expand this website. If we run adverts on this website, Black Health Matters will do our best to ensure, we only advertise products, individuals and corporations who meet the ethical standards of Black Health Matters.

1. To provide free up to date information on this website, about diseases of high prevalence within black communities, thereby encouraging and assisting black people to become more empowered about their own health: where health is not merely the absence of disease, but a state of total mental and physical well-being. Currently we have information orientated towards the black community pertaining to skin diseases. However, we are also gathering data and are in the process of completing our database on diseases in the following health related topics: Accidents and their prevention, Child health issues, Cancers, Dental health, Diabetes and other Endocrine (Hormonal) diseases, Elderly care issues, Heart disease, Hematological (blood) diseases, HIV/AIDS and other Infectious diseases, Kidney diseases, Refugee health care issues, Respiratory (lung) diseases, Mental health disorders, Medical Ethics, Neurological problems, Ophthalmological (Eye) diseases, Public and Community health care issues and Women’s health issues.
   
   
2. To encourage and enable black physicians worldwide, to network and share their ideas and knowledge about diseases of concern to our community. We hope to achieve this by launching the Black Health Matters physician only site, in the near future. By doing this, we hope to promote more research into diseases affecting our communities, act as mentors to encourage the younger brighter people within our communities to pursue studies in medicine and use our capabilities (economic and intellectual) to help promote and support health care initiatives within black communities.