Posted on August 31, 2016
Source: PBS NewsHour
"Baltimore officials presented a 10-year plan Tuesday that sharply highlights the poor health status of African-Americans and aims to bring black rates of lead poisoning, heart disease, obesity, smoking and overdoses more in line with those of whites.
'We wanted to specifically call out disparities' in racial health, said Dr. Leana Wen, who became the city’s health commissioner early last year. 'And we have a moonshot. Our moonshot is we want to cut health disparities by half in the next 10 years.'"
