HEAL Initiative

The Global Push for #VaccinEquity - https://mailchi.mp/55976bec5036/focjdy0pe2

#JobOpportunity! Are you passionate about #GlobalHealth? HEAL initiative is seeking a Curriculum Officer to join our Bay Area based team. BIPOC and first generation college applicants encouraged to apply. Learn More at bit.ly/healteam & Please Share!

On #WorldKidneyDay, HEAL Fellow James Jackson writes "How Surgery Cured My Existential Crisis", acknowledging the deep inequity that underlies #kidneydisease in the US https://healinitiative.medium.com/how-surgery-cured-my-exis

There is more than one pandemic. Declare racism as a public health emergency and prompt legislative action that benefits the health of BIPOC communities. http://ow.ly/QN6n50DUsBB

Dr. Damon Francis, a member of HEAL's steering committee, is 1 of 60 influential Black American healthcare professionals unifying their voices in a campaign to battle misinformation about the safety and efficacy of COVID Vaccines. https://www.greaterthancovid.org/theconversation/

"To fully expand access to Covid-19 vaccines, health care must name, challenge and eliminate the anti-Black racism that continues to place vital health care services just beyond Black Americans’ reach." http://ow.ly/1WgF50DTI8x

Follow the latest #COVID19 updates from the HEAL Community on Medium: https://medium.com/voices-from-the-frontline

" A color-blind approach to vaccine distribution will no doubt prove catastrophic." A powerful piece on how the Biden admin must urgently move to ensure Black Americans are not left out of the vaccine rollout by @uche_blackstock and @oni_blackstock http://ow.ly/nKYF50Do9VB

Free virtual learning opportunity for those interested in receiving valued lessons from #Navajo leaders about COVID-19 and protecting tribal communities. With opening statements by @NNPrezNez. http://ow.ly/TDsv50DlbfP

In traditional medical education, providers are trained to ignore the reality that illness and premature death are heavily rooted in economic, educational, racial and power inequities. Click the link in our bio to hear Sophia Busacca, an RN at UCSF, share her perspective on being a nurse and an ally. #HEALVideoDiaries #HealthEquity

We need a generation of medical professionals to rethink how they think about care. We need providers that can bring humility to their patients, stand in solidarity with the communities they serve, and impact the larger systems of violence their patients find themselves in. Sophia Busacca, an RN at UCSF, shares a a part of her journey of being a nurse and an ally in Navajo Nation. Link in bio for the full story. #HEALVideoDiaries #HealthEquity

Navajo Nation presses on resiliently each day. Listen to Alicia share her experiences working in community with the Navajos. Visit bit.ly/3fuLRak to watch her full video diary along with other stories from members of the HEAL solidarity team.

Alicia shares her experiences working in community with the Navajo Nation, responding to the first wave of COVID-19 cases in May of 2020. Today, the COVID surge continues in Navajo Nation, laying bare deep inequities in the U.S. that disproportionately impact black, indigenous and communities of color. At HEAL, we continue to try to stand in solidarity with Navajo Nation in every way we can. Visit https://bit.ly/3fuLRak to see Alicia's full diary + view the other Voices from ...the Frontlines. #HEALVideoDiaries #COVID19 #HealthEquity #NavajoStrong