The infant mortality rate in Baltimore’s Upton/Druid Heights has dropped by 75 percent to 3.8 deaths per 1,000 live births, well below Maryland’s overall rate (5.9 in 2019) and the United States rate (5.6 in 2019).
CCP’s Tina Suliman writes: “The maternal mortality crisis in the United States emphasizes the truth behind this declaration: It is racism, not race, that is killing America’s Black mothers and babies.”
CCP is working with the Baltimore City Health Department on a flu vaccination campaign. It is especially important for people to get their flu shots this year, given the COVID-19 pandemic. There is no vaccine for COVID-19.
A new CCP video helps young dads learn from those who have been in their shoes. “This models that even good dads have missteps along the way and that the most important thing is to learn from those and try to move forward,” says CCP’s Tina Suliman.
A CCP-led hackathon brought together young dads in Baltimore to design a digital campaign to engage other young dads as they navigate the demands of new fatherhood.
Eighty churches around the city celebrated Precious Purple Sunday by raising awareness to prevent infant deaths. “Faith-based organizations are critical partners in the effort to educate Baltimore’s families about how to keep babies safe and healthy,” says CCP’s Amber Summers.
Eighty churches around the city celebrated Precious Purple Sunday by raising awareness to prevent infant deaths. “Faith-based organizations are critical partners in the effort to educate Baltimore’s families about how to keep babies safe and healthy,” says CCP’s Amber Summers.
Following the recent rash of deaths, CCP quickly developed a new social media campaign and toolkit to reinforce the ABCDs of safe sleep and prevent more Baltimore babies from dying.
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is highlighting the work of two current CCP staff members on the jhsph.edu homepage this week. Amber Summers, based in Baltimore, and Cheryl Lettenmaier, based in Uganda, took very different paths to get to CCP — and
CCP’s innovative work with religious leaders around the world is well known. Ministers, priests and imams have all used their powerful and influential positions to remind their followers to live safe and healthy lives. On Sunday, March 26th, CCP helped pastors in its hometown of
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