Migraine is a Health Disparity for People of Color Act Now to Support a Congressional Resolution on Health Equity
By Jaime M. Sanders, The Migraine Diva, Co-Lead of the Disparities in Headache Advisory Council
Published June 10, 2021
The Coalition for Headache and Migraine Patients (CHAMP) and its partners realized that meaningful change was required. They created the Disparities in Headache Advisory Council that has held numerous training sessions and provided seed-funding for new initiatives that promote diversity and equality in headache medicine.
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Migraine is a neurological disease that affects 60 million Americans and is the 2nd leading cause of disability worldwide. It is an underestimated, underdiagnosed, and undertreated disease despite its heavy burden. However, communities of color, which have been historically, socially, and economically disenfranchised from research studies and treatment are bearing the brunt of this burden. The Americ
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/
June is National Migraine & Headache Awareness Month (MHAM), an opportunity to raise awareness about migraine and other headache diseases. Migraine impacts
forty million people in the United States,
one billion people across the globe, and is recognized as the
#2 cause of disability worldwide. Currently, about 16 million people with migraine in the U.S. are undiagnosed. Approximately 400,000 Americans experience cluster headaches, recognized as one of the most painful diseases a person can have.