By Cherranda Smith
Apr 6, 2021
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to pose a global threat to communities around the world, health advocates are working to dismantle disinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines.
The African Family Holistic Health Organization (AFHHO) is one of the groups working specifically to get more African people in the US accurate information about the vaccines and to get the shots.
The Portland, Oregon-based group is led by Dr.
Frank Minja, who told
NPR vaccine education is an important step since so much disinformation surrounds the COVID-19 vaccines.
“We’ve seen the whole gamut of misinformation that basically started with the face that Africans and people of African ancestry are not susceptible to COVID,” he told the outlet.
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