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Heart Smart Sisters Celebrate Launch

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Dozens of Washington, D.C. area community leaders gathered for a Community Health Prayer Breakfast on Wed., May 26, to kick-off Heart Smart Sisters, a year-long, community-wide initiative to address the prevalence of heart disease and health disparities among African-American and Latino women in the District.

Heart Smart Sisters will conduct targeted outreach to community groups, civic and faith-based organizations in priority Wards in the District through a series of educational events, community Town Hall meetings and health screenings sponsored by Unison Health Plan of the Capital Area together with partners Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals, YWCA of the National Capital Area, Greater Washington Urban League, Latino Federation of Greater Washington and Comcast.
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