Health Equity: Children’s Health
The first eight years of a child’s life are intrinsically tied to future health and development. Countless data suggests that there is an undeniable link between socioeconomics, health and professional achievement. To improve access to health care, public health authorities say we will have to address all existing social disparities and improve health systems. Join Washington Post Live on Friday, Nov. 12 at 11:00 a.m. ET in conversation with Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, James Perrin, MD, professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, and Kawsar Talaat, vaccine expert at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, about children’s health equity, maternal health and the path forward to ensuring greater health outcomes for children.
