Northern Manhattan hospitals are implementing new programs to improve transitional care and cut back on the number of patients they readmit.
Marble Hill Youthmarket brings fresh produce to an uptown “food desert.”
Uptown community groups are working to curb high asthma rates and air pollution by planting more trees.
Imam Souleimane Konaté, from Ivory Coast, works with the African Services Committee to fight HIV stigma within the West African community in Harlem.
Despite progress, Harlem accounts for more than half the asthma hospitalizations among Manhattan children.
For fathers unsure whether their children are actually theirs, the Who’s Your Daddy van roams uptown streets offering DNA tests.
“A lot of women aren’t able to see their breasts as something that could serve the purpose of breastfeeding,” says Fajah Ferrer.
HIV groups are teaming up with senior centers uptown to educate older adults about prevention and treatment.
To make ends meet, many Washington Heights residents are selling the medicine that keeps them healthy on the black market.
Uptown health care professionals say not enough people understand the risks of hepatitis C infection.
