New Morehouse School of Medicine E-Learning Program is Addressing Fertility Equity for Black Women
MSM's Dr. Lasha Clarke spoke with WABE host Rose Scott about the FertilityEquity training modules, as well as disinformation and misinformation surrounding Black women and fertility.
Dr. Lasha Clarke
Assistant Director of Research and Translation at the MSM Center for Maternal Health
Equity
By LaShawn Hudson, WABE
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Black women are almost twice as likely as white women to suffer from infertility. Black women also face barriers when accessing fertility care and high costs for in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments. Reports reveal white women are nearly 19 times more likely to access IVF than Black women.
With these issues in mind, Morehouse School of Medicine with support from Ferring Pharmaceuticals launched FertilityEquity. The new initiative is an e-learning program focusing on fertility care for Black women. It’s available to the public but created for healthcare professionals and fertility clinic staff.
On the WABE radio show program “Closer Look,” Dr. Lasha Clarke, Assistant Director of Research and Translation at the MSM Center for Maternal Health Equity, talked with show host Rose Scott about the program, as well as disinformation and misinformation surrounding Black women and fertility.