Serving as a medical consultant at the Georgia Department of Human Services’ Division of Aging Services, Dr. Maureen Muoneke provides support to the Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency in determining disability eligibility. As an obstetrician and gynecologist, Dr. Maureen Muoneke is a Fellow in the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG).
ACOG, the nation’s leading organization of doctors specializing in women healthcare, has been at the forefront of the decades-long fight against racial disparities in women’s health. In its website, ACOG calls on all its members to help in changing medical culture by addressing implicit biases and racism that lead to racial health disparities.
Based on reports, the maternal morbidity and mortality rates in the US have remained high. But the more alarming part of the reality is that the mortality rate in non-Hispanic black women is three to four times higher compared with non-Hispanic white women. ACOG acknowledges that the difference in these outcomes is largely the result of implicit biases and racism in the access and delivery of healthcare to women.
Additionally, ACOG has committed to police its ranks. ACOG insists that members recognize and examine their prejudices and biases, and to address how their healthcare systems are promoting racial inequality.
