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Prevention and Earlier Detection of HIV Virus
The NAACP will urge all of its units to work together to educate the youth and the adults on prevention, early diagnosis and state of the art management for HIV.
Stemming the Tide of Chronic Kidney Disease in the African American Community
The NAACP demands that African Americans and other people of color have access to health care providers with knowledge and experience of the specific needs of kidney disease patients; who will provide unbiased information on all treatment options; and who will ensure equitable access to effective, high-quality treatment based on patients' needs and preferences, including home dialysis, in-center dialysis, and transplantation.
Mental Health Urgent Care Clinics
The NAACP calls on the United States Congress to provide a funding system to support the development of community based Mental Health Urgent Care Clinics.
Blood Stem Cell/Marrow Donor Availability for African American Patients
The NAACP call for the implementation of a formal national program such as Be The Match, that endeavors to educate and bring awareness to African American and Latino communities about the need to provide equal opportunities for the treatment of blood cancers such as leukemia, lymphoma, and other life-threatening diseases such as sickle cell diseases through presentations, registration events, and drives, using health agencies, education forums, community cultural centers, religious institutions, local and national awareness campaigns, and policy advocacy.
Plant Based Meals in Prison K-12 and Hospitals
All institutions shall provide plant-based meal education and/or demonstrations or tasters to identify the most tasteful and culturally relevant plant-based alternatives and recipes that replace animal products to insure consumption by students, inmates and patients.
Easy Enrollment Health Insurance Program (EEHIP)
Each State/State Area Conference, through its Political Action Committee is hereby requested to put forth its best efforts to introduce a bill similar to the Maryland EEHIP legislation, to ensure the accomplishment of the goals of this resolution.
Mental Health Post Traumatic Prison Disorder
The NAACP will advocate on the state and national level that there should be an investment in behavioral healthcare services, including screening, assessment and clinical interventions for trauma. Also, providing trauma informed services should be the standard of care by frontline psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, psychiatric nurses and other professionals in correctional settings and settings serving formerly incarcerated Individuals.
Budget Line Item for Public Housing
The NAACP will collaborate with other organizations and entities to conduct workshops on the process of engaging elected officials, to accomplish the objectives set forth above.
Prescription Drug Affordability
The NAACP supports the creation of a Prescription Drug Affordability Board in each state to determine how best to make prescription drugs more affordable for their residences, including by: examining the entire drug supply chain, including the role of drug manufacturers and Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs), and establishing maximum affordability payment rates for expensive drugs that create significant affordability problems for residents, building upon the tradition of health care cost scrutiny.
Opposition to the Use of Black Chain Identity
The NAACP will engage in community education efforts to communicate to the public about the structure, function, benefits and inherent risks of Blockchain technologies.
Support for the NAACP’s Next Generation (NAACP NextGen) Program
The NAACP encourages all Units to motivate young adults to participate in the NAACP NEXTGEN Program.
Mental Health Crisis Mobile Unit Sign Post
The state departments of health and labor shall be charged with enforcing the mandatory sign posting at all employment locations and fines for violations shall be set as appropriate in each jurisdiction.