Black women are dying more than white women because the health care system has failed them—and continues to fail them—at every step in their breast cancer journey. According to the 2021 Komen report, Closing the Breast Cancer Gap: A Roadmap to Save the Lives of Black Women in America, Black women are often ignored by their health care providers and face significant barriers to receiving the care they need due to a legacy of systemic racism, implicit bias, and below-standard care. These disparities have led to the disease affecting Black women at an alarming rate; making them about 40% more likely to die from breast cancer than white women, be diagnosed at a later stage with more aggressive types of treatment, and have a lower 5-year relative survival rate.
Susan G. Komen, the world’s leading breast cancer organization, has worked to advance health equity for years and fight these unacceptable conditions. Now, the organization is doubling down on its efforts to assist those most affected by health inequities with Stand for H.E.R. — a Health Equity Revolution — a focus initiative to decrease breast cancer disparities through focused interventions that break down the barriers that created these inequities for Black people, including:
Stand for H.E.R. is Susan G. Komen’s commitment to collaborating with Black communities, policymakers, researchers, and other key stakeholders to help create a world without inequities and where Black people have the same chances of surviving breast cancer as anyone else. The focused initiative to decrease breast cancer disparities in the Black community by 25% beginning in the U.S. metropolitan areas where inequities are greatest. For more information about the initiative, visit komen.org.
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