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Cook County recognizes Maternal Health Awareness Day and Cervical Health Awareness Month
Summary
The board approved ceremonial resolutions recognizing Jan. 23 as Maternal Health Awareness Day and January 2025 as Cervical Health Awareness Month after testimony from physicians urging action on maternal mortality and cervical cancer disparities.
Cook County commissioners approved resolutions on Jan. 23 recognizing Maternal Health Awareness Day and declaring January 2025 Cervical Health Awareness Month.
Physicians and advocates urged the board to treat maternal health as a public-health emergency and to expand access to comprehensive reproductive and preventive care. Dr. Erica Hines, an OB-GYN who practices at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Planned Parenthood, said Black women “are 3 times more likely to die…
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