Recognizing the impact and importance of improving prevention, detection, and treatment modalities for African-American women with cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

recognizes the importance of decreasing cardiovascular disease among all populations, especially among African-American women;

recognizes the unique factors that impact African Americans, including racism and stress, which lead to disproportionately rates of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and maternal mortality;

promotes the necessity of spreading awareness and improving education about cardiovascular risk factors and preventive health and lifestyle choices that contribute to reduced cardiovascular risk;

recognizes prevention of cardiovascular disease and related risk factors as the foundation for effective, lifelong management of cardiovascular health;

supports the education of patients, health care providers, and policymakers about cardiovascular health;

recognizes the value of investment in cardiovascular disease therapy research and development;

encourages early and continuous patient access to innovative, lifesaving cardiovascular disease therapies;

supports the importance of health management strategies that improve access to cardiovascular testing and preventive services in all communities;

recognizes the importance of decreasing the prevalence of heart disease, stroke, and diabetes for all in the United States;

recognizes the release of the report entitled Black Women Vote: National Health Policy Agenda 2018–2019, which is a foundational policy blueprint that offers evidence to both policymakers and practitioners as to why the health and wellness of more than 20 million Black women matter in the United States; and

recognizes that WomenHeart: the National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease is a patient-centered organization that supports, educates, and advocates for all women living with and at high risk of heart disease in order to improve their health and quality of life and to address inequities in health care for women.