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, the 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 Friday’s edition of “Closer Look,” Dr. Lasha Clarke, an assistant director of research and translation at the Center for Maternal Health Equity at Morehouse School of Medicine, talked with show host Rose Scott about the program and disinformation and misinformation surrounding Black women and fertility.
