Author: The Institute for the Advancement of Minority Health

Local Mom Celebrates 92nd Birthday with an Outpouring of Love

Featured ArticlesMarch 11, 2025

Record Number of Birthday Cards Helps Make Her Day Extra Special By: Tom Williams | March 11, 2025 Clarksdale, MS – Elsie LaVerne Pittman Shannon recently marked her 92nd birthday in grand style, surrounded by an overwhelming outpouring...

Clarksdale Public Works and Fire Department Honored with Appreciation Dinner

Featured ArticlesMarch 10, 2025

By CA Staff Writer | March 10, 2025 Clarksdale, MS – On Thursday, Ms. Josephine Rhymes and the I’ll Be Home for Christmas committee showed their gratitude in a big way, treating the Clarksdale Public Works crew and Clarksdale...

Institute hosts supports holiday health at local shelter

Featured ArticlesNovember 21, 2023

Ridgeland, MS (November 20, 2023) – The Institute for the Advancement of Minority Health will deliver health and holiday cheer to the men at the...

Black Women Empowered in the Fight Against Breast Cancer Disparities

Featured ArticlesOctober 31, 2023

Jackson, MS (October 31, 2023) -- The Institute for the Advancement of Minority Health invites Black women aged 18-50 to participate in a crucial...

Black Men’s Health Equity Council wants Brothers to Go Get Checked!

Featured ArticlesSeptember 15, 2023

By: Warren Jones, MPH September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. Black men are 1.6 times more likely to get prostate cancer than other racial groups and...

Conference strategizes to reduce disparities among Black men

Featured ArticlesAugust 10, 2023

Jackson, MS (August 9, 2023) – Recently re-elected MS State Senator Hillman Frazier attended the inaugural Black Men’s Health Conference sponsored by the Institute...

Conference to address issues facing Mississippi men

Featured StoriesJuly 10, 2023

By Bennie Foster, M.Ed. Our health must be our priority. For years, people have uttered the phrase, your health is your wealth. Sadly, for a...

Melvin receives grant from Preparedness and Treatment Equity Coalition (PTEC)

Featured ArticlesJuly 3, 2023

The Preparedness and Treatment Equity Coalition (PTEC) is announcing the award of three $50,000 grants to U.S. research teams investigating ways to decrease breast...

Conference tackles matters impacting men in Mississippi

community-eventsJuly 3, 2023

Jackson, MS (June 30, 2023) –The Institute for the Advancement of Minority Health Black Men’s Health Equity Council will host a Men’s Conference from...

Agencies partner with Walgreens for HIV Testing Day

Featured ArticlesJune 22, 2023

Jackson, MS (June 20, 2023) – The Institute for the Advancement of Minority Health and the CLM Healthcare Service Center will host National HIV...

Agencies issue joint statement in support of Pride Month

Featured ArticlesJune 6, 2023

Jackson, MS (June 5, 2023) – The Institute for the Advancement of Minority Health (IAMH) and CLM Healthcare Service Center (CLM-HSC) proudly supports the...