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Join the Center for Community Health & Prevention for its 15th annual Dr. Bernard Guyer Lecture Series and Special Public Health Grand Rounds at the Memorial Art Gallery on Friday, November 6. The lecture, "Collective Care: What if That Were the Intervention?," will be presented by keynote speaker Aza Nedhari, DHS, CPM, LPC.
Dr. Nedhari is a mother, a visionary leader, an architect of change, and a relentless advocate for justice with more than two decades of experience in community health, perinatal wellness, and program innovation. As president, CEO, and co-founder of Mamatoto Village, a perinatal health organization headquartered in Washington, DC, she has dedicated her career to improving maternal and infant health outcomes, strengthening families, and building community-driven care models that are proven and replicable.
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Register today The keynote will present collective care as a framework rooted in disability justice and Black feminist traditions as a clinical and public health intervention, using the 13-year, 0% maternal mortality record of Mamatoto Village as a case study.
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