The state Department of Health and Human Services and a health project at NC Central University are working together to get information about COVID-19 vaccines to historically marginalized communities.
“We’ll be making sure the outreach DHHS wants reaches the underserved communities in the counties where we are working,” said Deepak Kumar, director of the Julius L. Chambers Biomedical Biotechnology Research Institute and the founder of the Advanced Center for COVID-19 Related Disparities at NCCU.
ACCORD had been working in nine counties, but has a grant allowing it to expand, Kumar said.
ACCORD has been coordinating coronavirus testing, conducting in-person surveys and hosting virtual town halls on COVID-19 in rural counties.