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Armenian Relief Society Improves Maternal, Children's Health

Posted July 13th, 2008 by Mary
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Source: 
ArmenianWeekly.com
Writer: 
Michael G. Mensoian
State-of-the-art technology at the Armenian Relief Society's Mother and Child Clinic have contributed to improved pre- and post-natal care and reduced infant mortality rates in Armenia. (photo: ArmenianWeekly.com)

Rise in Black Infant Deaths Alarms Boston Health Officials

Posted March 2nd, 2008 by Mary
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Source: 
DotNews.com
Writer: 
Gintautas Dumcius
Above: Barbara Ferrer, executive director of the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC). "[T]he [infant-mortality] rate for black babies is unacceptably high and troubling," she said on the BPHC Web site. (Photo: bphc.org)

Public health officials at both the local and state level are fretting over new statistics that show wide discrepancies in infant mortality rates between white and black Bostonians.

"It's been

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