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Program graduates from the University of Hawaiʻi–Hawaiʻi State Department of Health (
UH–
DOH) Contact Tracing Training Program have been providing critical outreach to communities throughout the state, especially those in Pacific Islander communities who were hardest hit in the state by the
COVID-19 pandemic. Pacific Islanders make up about 4% of the state’s population, but have about 28% of the state’s coronavirus infections, according to
DOH.
UH–
DOH program. Many serve on contact tracing teams for
DOH or other organizations, in roles such as first callers, contact tracers or disease investigators, and play an important part in the state’s