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GE HealthCare, the GE HealthCare Foundation, and the Charles Antetokounmpo Family Foundation commit $1M to improve Milwaukee health outcomes
The “Powering Milwaukee Forward” initiative will fund 10 Milwaukee organizations to increase access to basic needs and maternal healthcare in vulnerable
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nThe “Powering Milwaukee Forward” initiative will fund 10 Milwaukee organizations to increase access to basic needs and maternal healthcare in vulnerable communities.\n\n MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nGE HealthCare (Nasdaq: GEHC), the GE HealthCare Foundation, and the Charles Antetokounmpo Family Foundation (CAFF), teamed up to launch a new philanthropic endeavor, Powering Milwaukee Forward, aimed at improving access to basic needs within Milwaukee’s underserved communities. The initiative will grant 10 area nonprofits a total of $1 million.\n\n“The City of Milwaukee has done so much for me and my family – but I know there are so many in this community who struggle to access basic needs,” said Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks power forward and founder of CAFF. “It’s time to support these underserved neighborhoods and help provide what they need to thrive. I’m excited to team up with GE HealthCare and the GE HealthCare Foundation to take action and leave a lasting legacy for Milwaukee.”\n\nStudies by the World Health Organization, Centers for Disease Control, Department of Health and Human Services, and many others have shown that access to basic needs, often called social determinants of health, can have an enormous impact on health and wellbeing.\n\nHowever, the link between basic needs and health outcomes is heavily influenced by racial and socio-economic conditions. Milwaukee experiences significant health disparities exacerbated by neighborhood lines according to the City of Milwaukee Health Department. Diverse neighborhoods with the highest rates of heart disease, infant mortality, and lung cancer also have the nation’s lowest homeownership rates, household incomes, and highest rates of poverty and food deserts.i, ii Because Milwaukee’s health disparities are driven by inequitable access to critical resources, the program will focus on tailored interventions that address access to fair housing, education, healthy food, safe physical environments, and maternal healthcare.\n\n“GE HealthCare has a unique responsibility to help address barriers to care that create health inequities in our communities,” Peter J Arduini, President and CEO, GE HealthCare, said. “With thousands of GE HealthCare colleagues across Greater Milwaukee and the state of Wisconsin, we are honored to collaborate with CAFF and nonprofits on Powering M...