Tests to assess newborns health not effective for BAME babies in UK
by Anna Bawden from World news | The Guardian on (#6CWXJ)
Minority ethnic newborns risk late diagnosis and poorer health as guidance was developed for white European babies in 1952
Tests to assess newborn babies' health are not effective for non-white children and should be replaced, according to the NHS Race and Health Observatory.
In the UK, neonatal death rates among black and Asian newborns are much higher than for white babies.
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