The COVID-19 Vaccine Equity Task Force, led by Ximena Garcia, heard speakers from three efforts across Kansas to address vaccination disparities in their community. (March 10, 2021, photo by Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector)
TOPEKA A concerted effort among community stakeholders to get communities of color vaccinated against COVID-19 has driven up rates but a state task force is still seeking ways to bring them fully even with their white counterparts.
Members of the Kansas COVID-19 Vaccine Equity Task Force have pointed to meeting these communities where they are at in vaccination efforts would be key. In the Latino community, crossing the language divide has been a primary effort.