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legislative priority · 2026

Add Black Women’s Health Week to national health observances

Clarke introduced a resolution to add Black Women’s Health Week to the national health-observance calendar. She says the observance would draw attention to health disparities affecting Black women, including differences in mortality after childbirth.

Context: The source describes a resolution she introduced, not an enacted observance.

In their own words

add Black Women’s Health Week to the roster of national health observances

The source

Yvette D. Clarke: Issues

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Retrieved: 11/10/2026