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The Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine today launched its Health Equity Tracker, a data platform that highlights the disparate impacts of COVID-19 on marginalized communities.
Built with support from Gilead Sciences, Google.org, the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the CDC Foundation, the tracker is a data visualization tool that displays the scale of COVID-19 cases, deaths and hospitalizations across race and ethnicity, sex and age, from a whole-country view down to the county level.
What’s more, the Health Equity Tracker allows users to view different conditions and determinants that have led to unequal COVID-19 outcomes, including COPD, diabetes, poverty and uninsured rates. It can also be used to compare outcomes in different locations.
Satcher Health Leadership Institute At Morehouse School Of Medicine, With Support From Google.org And Gilead Sciences, Launches Health Equity Tracker To Study Racial Health Inequities Related To Covid-19
Today, the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine with support from Gilead Sciences, Inc. Google.org, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, and the CDC Foundation announced the launch of the Health Equity Tracker, a comprehensive data platform that can highlight and address the impact of COVID-19 and other diseases on the Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian, Pacific Islander, and other vulnerable …
Today, the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine (SHLI), with support from Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD), Google.org, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, and the CDC Foundation announced the launch of the Health Equity Tracker, a comprehensive data platform that can highlight and address the impact of COVID-19 and other diseases on the
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New York, May 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ AHRC New York City, a leading social justice organization dedicated to supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to live full lives, is co-hosting a free symposium in partnership with Pace University and Georgetown University s National Center for Cultural Competence to inform policy about the disparate impacts that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on people with disabilities and how race, ethnicity, gender identity, and cultural biases affect their quality of life and health outcomes. Register here.
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