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Homeless Americans finally getting a chance at COVID-19 shot
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Homeless Americans finally getting a chance at COVID-19 shot
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Nashville Public Health Department partners with 18 organizations to provide vaccines for homeless
There s now a new push to get our homeless population vaccinated. The Nashville Metro Public Health Department is partnering with 18 other groups in the effort. The goal is to reach everyone by Memorial Day.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) â There s now a new push to get our homeless population vaccinated. The Nashville Metro Public Health Department is partnering with 18 other groups in the effort. The goal is to reach everyone by Memorial Day. We re bringing vaccines to the people where they need it, said Brian Haile, CEO of Neighborhood Health. Our goal to make sure every person experiencing homelessness has the chance to get a COVID-19 vaccination by Memorial Day is within reach for two reasons. First, Metro Public Health braved the elements and vaccinated hundreds of folks during the ice storm. Second, 19 organizations serving the homel
Metro, Partners Aim to Give Homeless Communities 100 Percent Access to Vaccine
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Medically Necessary: Making the vaccine supply chain work for communities of color
The supply chain is contributing to racial disparities in vaccination A patient receives a COVID-19 vaccine at Neighborhood Health in Nashville, Tennessee. (Credit: Neighborhood Health)
This is an excerpt from the February 23, 2021 edition of Medically Necessary, a health care supply chain newsletter.
The problem: Americans of color are receiving the vaccine at far lower rates than white Americans, even though people of color are more likely to get COVID-19. The supply chain is part of the problem.
“Our system of allocation assumes there’s a level playing field, but there’s not,” Monica Peek, University of Chicago Medicine physician and health care disparities researcher, said at a February webinar hosted by The American Journal of Bioethics. “Unless we purposefully wrench in mechanisms for equity, what we’re going to see are disparities in outcomes.”