353: Community Vaccination Push, Campaign for Safer Communities

Ernia Hughes, Director of the Office of Health Center Investment Oversight with the Health Resources and Services Administration, says her organization hopes to boost COVID-19 vaccination rates with grants to more than 1,400 community health centers...

Ernia Hughes, Director of the Office of Health Center Investment Oversight with the Health Resources and Services Administration, says her organization hopes to boost COVID-19 vaccination rates with grants to more than 1,400 community health centers nationwide; Sana Chehimi, Director of Policy and Advocacy at the Prevention Institute, explains how a new campaign was designed to offer new solutions to violence that plagues many communities; Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO President and Alaska Chief Medical Officer, calls tuberculosis a "silent endemic disease that continues to linger"; and ASTHO is recruiting for several open positions.

Big Cities Health Coalition Webpage:  Community Safety Campaign

Health Resources and Services Administration Webpage: FY 2023 Expanding COVID-19 Vaccination Awards

Alaska News News Article: Alaska tuberculosis surge prompts debate over training and treatment strategies

ASTHO Webpage: Careers at ASTHO

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Ernia Hughes MBA

Director, Office of Health Center Investment Oversight, Health Resources and Services Administration

Sana Chehimi MPH

Director, Policy and Advocacy, Prevention Institute