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h global prevalence and poor health outcomes. In the United States, CKD affects more than one in seven American adults, an estimated 37 million people.

Soon she was in the emergency department of my hospital, Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital (MLKCH) in South Los Angeles., We need to acknowledge that our current health-care system is dysfunctional and results in unequal care for those with fewer resources., I’d like to say this is an uncommon story, but it isn’t. At MLKCH, our care managers spend a lot of time begging larger hospitals to accept patients who need higher levels of care than we can provide but that no one wants because of their insurance.

l of us, as the COVID-19 pandemic has had a widespread impact across our nation like few other events in our history., Even though it is incredibly daunting to be dealing with two public health emergencies at the same time, it also provides us with a unique opportunity to develop solutions that can influence the health of our communities. , In order to solve both of these public health emergencies, we need to take immediate actions to help prevent the continued spread of COVID-19 in underserved communities and make longer-term changes that address social

oner of Health at the Baltimore City Health Department.