Media: Kids will soon be getting the vaccine, but several equity issues still stand in the way for BIPOC by vaccineequity | Nov 1, 2021by Umme Hoque, PRISM Read The Full Story Twenty-eight million children are one step closer to receiving their COVID-19 vaccines. This week, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) advisory committee voted to authorize the Pfizer vaccine for all kids ages 5-11 after...
Media: Community-led efforts are the key to ending this pandemic by vaccineequity | Sep 14, 2021This article published in The Hill by Advisory Group member Dr. Alexandre White outlines how community-led responses to vaccination and health care delivery are the solution to the ongoing issues of COVID-19 vaccine access and hesitancy - and preventing further...
Blog: COVID-19 Sparked A Health Equity Movement – And Vaccines Are Just The Beginning by vaccineequity | Jan 22, 2021Alexandra Quinn, CEO, Health Leads Tene Hamilton-Franklin, VP of Health Equity and Stakeholder Engagement, Health Leads Denise Smith, Executive Director, National Association of Community Health Workers Claire Qureshi, Senior Director at the Community Health...
Blog: Joint Statement On Ensuring Racial Equity In The Development And Distribution Of A COVID-19 Vaccine by vaccineequity | Oct 26, 2020The COVID-19 pandemic has become the defining health and racial equity crisis of our time, with Black, Latinx, Native, and other communities of color suffering from its effects at nearly three times the rate of white people in the U.S. The pandemic response has been...