News Conference to End U.S. Latino Healthcare Disparities… Through Health Policy to Empower All Americans

WASHINGTON, April 19, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following release is being issued by the National Hispanic Medical Association:

Who: Dr. Elena Rios, president of the National Hispanic Medical Association, and David Pena Jr., CEO, Hispanic Dental Association

What: News conference on Advancing Hispanic Health for the Next 20 Years: NHMA and HDA Leading the Way. Members of the media are encouraged to attend.

Where: Presidential Room, Renaissance Hotel Washington, D.C., 999 Ninth Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 

When: April 21, 2016, at 11:30 a.m.

App about the conference "NHMAmd" is available at the Apple Store and Google.

Conference details at www.nhmamd.org and www.hdassoc.org.

Why: More than 50 million Latinos live in the U.S., yet for decades Latinos have been denied adequate healthcare access. As a result, there are serious healthcare issues impacting this community, including disproportionate rates of cancer, diabetes, heart disease, depression and other disease killers.

SOURCE National Hispanic Medical Association

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