'There’s a gap when it comes to decision-making, challenging and influencing health policy for the Black community. We’re trying to fill it.'

Read about how Caribbean African Health Network supports the Caribbean and African community in Greater Manchester:
peopleshealthtrust.org.uk/projects-we-fu…

'Mental health has been a big problem. Covid-19 followed by the George Floyd murder intensified the complex bereavement trauma of our community. We put on sessions to talk more openly about mental health and destigmatize it. It was an outlet to help people through their grief.'

'Our community feels that nobody’s interested, so people aren’t going to respond to glossy campaigns that don't prioritise ethnicity monitoring. It wasn’t until the vaccines campaign, which used research from Caribbean and African communities, that we began to see this change.'

'There are so many examples where the Black community has significantly contributed to healthcare since the arrival of Windrush generation. So #BlackHistoryMonth is chance for us to look to those who have come before so that we can draw strength and encouragement.'

Read the full interview with Charles Kwaku-Odoi DL MFPH from our funded partner Caribbean African Health Network:

peopleshealthtrust.org.uk/projects-we-fu…