At Neighborhood Health — located in northern Virginia — our goal from the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic has been vaccine equity.
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Community Health Center Doctors on COVID-19, Health Equity and Vaccines
A new video shows Community Health Center physicians describing how they pivoted their operations quickly to respond to COVID-19 and underscores the importance of protecting yourself, family and friends by getting vaccinated.
Children’s Books That Celebrate Women and Girls
Here are a few books with female protagonists for each of us to share in spaces where our children, parents, grandparents, and providers gather.
Janie B. Geer: Activist and Health Care Leader
Janie B. Geer’s community activism knew no limits. She fought aggressively for the health needs of those without a voice.
Remembering Karla: A Tribute to a Health Center Nurse Lost to COVID-19
Editor’s Note: Some 41,000 Community Health Center staff have been infected with COVID-19. Karla Pope was one of them. NACHC invited her colleague Kimberly Tweed, Director of Marketing & Development at CompleteCare Health, Bridgeton, NJ, to share this remembrance. My time with Karla Pope as my office neighbor was relatively short but sharing a wall …
Jessie Collins Trice: A Visionary in Community and Maternal Health
Jessie Collins Trice, BSN, MPH, was a former Chairperson of NACHC’s Board of Directors and a trailblazer in the Community Health Center Movement.
The Health of 30 Million Depends on a Four-Legged Stool
Released in tandem with this week’s virtual 2021 Policy and Issues Forum is a new issue brief that explains the funding and policies that are essential to the work of Community Health Centers. COVID-19 exposed just how thin the financial margins can be among health centers. And just as we hope that the pandemic will …
Health Centers Look Ahead After One Year of COVID
One year into the pandemic, we see that Community Health Centers have not only survived a global crisis but stand as part of the solution to resolving it, ensuring equity in hard-to-reach communities.
Dr. Marilyn H. Gaston: Physician, Scientist, Public Health Crusader
Dr. Marilyn H. Gaston learned about inequities in health care early in life. She went on to become a pediatrician, researcher, and to hold leadership positions including Assistant Surgeon General and Rear Admiral of the U.S. Public Health Service.
A Step Toward Eradicating White Supremacy: Children’s Books That Celebrate Black Lives
This year, as we consider the new ways that we are learning to care for one another, I hope to introduce you to the art that I began collecting to ensure that every child who walked into my home or workplace would see themselves and know that they are beautifully and wonderfully made.