What defines a "bright spot" in equitable vaccine distribution? The standout stories in this blog post include targeted, community-specific planning, process, and outreach that leads to increased vaccination readiness and access - and offer approaches that can be replicated in other communities.
Our Chief People & Equity Officer, Jennifer Valenzuela, is a featured guest on the Novartis Foundation podcast discussing health equity and the uptick in food ...
Our Chief Medical Officer Damon Francis joins THE CONVERSATION, a new campaign featuring Black doctors, nurses and researchers who offer honest and accessible guidance about the COVID-19 vaccine.
Vaccine distribution could still be a bright spot in our COVID response - the moment that community members and organizations can work in authentic partnership with a range of institutions to deliver a life-saving essential health resource broadly and equitably. And it is an opportunity to put us on a path to create more equitable, lasting systems of health. Let us know how you can be part of the movement.
As we work to to flatten the next COVID-19 curve – the increased demand for essential resources like food, housing and income supports – it is critical that we lean on data to inform the path forward. In this post written with several of our Bay Area partners, we review various data sources to show how social services systems have been impacted by the pandemic and discuss the power of harnessing data in partnership with community input to shape interventions.
The outcome of this election may open doors and opportunities for much-needed progress toward racial equity, and we have put important, productive miles behind us over the past four years. But undoing years of systemic racism that impacts everyone’s health is multi-generational work. We hope you can take the time you need to recover and recommit ourselves to the fight for health, dignity and well-being.
