AFRO Staff Writer
If you’re Black and looking for a doctor, it might be hard to find one who looks like you. The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) estimates that just 5.2 percent of physicians are Black, despite African Americans comprising nearly 14 percent of the U.S. population.
The Howard University Medical Alumni Association (HUMMA) has stepped up to address this gap through Need More Black Doctors, a campaign designed to strengthen the pipeline of Black physicians by tackling the systemic barriers they face…