About USCAIH

ABOUT US

The United States Coalition for African Immigrant Health (USCAIH) began as the National African Immigrant Project (NAIP) in 2005 under the auspices of the U.S. Office of Minority Health. USCAIH was originally established to provide a platform for national and regional conferences on African immigrant health. Each of these conferences successfully attracted state and federal agencies, clinicians, academics, students and other stakeholders working with the African Immigrant (AI) population.  In 2021, USCAIH further expanded its mission by establishing itself as a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization Coalition in order to provide a broader platform for engaging stakeholders interested in the African diaspora. 


USCAIH’s mission is to provide a forum for U.S. African Immigrant community discourse aimed at strengthening strategic partnerships that promote positive changes in the health status of our communities. We strive to bring together stakeholders working on health concerns toward improving the knowledge bases, understanding, partnerships, and strategic pathways to eliminate health disparities impacting our community.  


OUR MISSION

WHO WE ARE

  •  One-in-ten Black people in the U.S. are immigrants. The number of Black immigrants living in the country reached 4.6 million in 2019, up from roughly 800,000 in 1980. This increase accounted for 19% of the growth in the overall Black population, which increased by 20 million during the same period. The Black immigrant population is projected to account for roughly a third of the U.S. Black population’s growth through 2060.ngag
  • Africa has accounted for the fastest growth in the U.S. Black immigrant population, but the Caribbean remains the largest origin region. Together, these two regions accounted for 88% of all Black foreign-born people in the U.S. in 2019.
  • Between 2000 and 2019, the Black African immigrant population grew 246%, from about 600,000 to 2.0 million. As a result, people of African origin now make up 42% of the country’s foreign-born Black population, up from just 23% in 2000.


Reference:

  1. Tamir, C. (2022, January 27). Immigrant Populations . Retrieved from Pew Research Center : https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/01/27/key-findings-about-black-immigrants-in-the-u-s/



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