HEALTHCAST: VOLUME 18

Welcome to our latest volume of HealthCast. In this edition, we feature voices who draw from unparalleled experience to bring insight to the complicated issue of equity in healthcare and in our lives. From national policy and the digital divide for children and families lacking digital connectivity to disparities in healthcare access, we continue to see our most vulnerable and underserved populations severely affected.

It is time to fix our flawed systems to give everyone a fighting chance. APB’s newest exclusive speaker, Dr. Esther Choo, physician and founding member of TIME'S UP Healthcare, is known as a bold and innovative voice on gender and racial equity in healthcare. Dr. Choo is an advocate for new frameworks that create cultures of equity, safety and respect in our workplaces. 

I hope you are well and I look forward to connecting soon,
Brenda

NEW EXCLUSIVE: Dr. Esther Choo
PROFESSOR, OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY & FOUNDING MEMBER FOR TIME'S UP HEALTHCARE

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A physician and popular health and science communicator, Dr. Choo is known as a bold and innovative voice on gender and racial equity in healthcare and an advocate for new frameworks for building positive and productive workplaces.

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Daniel E. Dawes J.D.
HEALTH POLICY EXPERT & AUTHOR

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"Morehouse Takes Center Stage in Response to COVID-19’s Impact on Minority Communities"

Heading into fall, scientists estimate that COVID-19 has been with us for more than half a year. According to emerging data, the coronavirus is three times as likely to infect, and nearly twice as likely to kill, Black and LatinX people than it is White people. The U.S. Health and Human Services Department announced a $40 million, three-year partnership with Morehouse School of Medicine to battle the COVID-19 outbreak in vulnerable communities, part of an effort to create a “strategic network” targeting underserved populations. Daniel E. Dawes, Director of Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine, health policy expert and author helps get to the root of this uneven toll.

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Geoffrey Canada
INNER CITY YOUTH & EDUCATION ADVOCATE

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"The Digital Divide is a Bigger Problem Than Lacking Access"

The founder of the Harlem Children’s Zone, Canada addresses inner city poverty and violence. In this article, he discusses why the digital divide for children and families is a bigger problem than lacking access to devices and connectivity. There was a time we could say phones were optional, but electronic resources have become a basic necessity, especially during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Dr. David Satcher
16TH U.S. SURGEON GENERAL, FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE CDC & FOUNDER OF THE SATCHER HEALTH LEADERSHIP 

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"COVID-19 War Requires Nationwide Strategies and Sacrifices: Q&A with former CDC chief David Satcher"

USA TODAY’s Editorial Board spoke with Dr. David Satcher about his new book, My Quest for Health Equity: Notes on Learning While Leading.  Dr. Satcher is one of the most widely known and well-regarded physicians of our time. A former four-star admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, he served as the Assistant Secretary for Health, the Surgeon General of the United States, and the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention before founding the eponymous Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse College. At the core of his impact on public health, he is also a lifelong leader for civil rights and health equity.

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