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Learn more about work to address health disparities on pages 16, 27, 36 and 47.
IT’S A MUST: TACKLING HEALTH DISPARITIES IN ALL WE DO. Health disparities are literally a matter of life and death.
“This has been seen throughout the history of the U.S., from the treatment of indigenous peoples to slavery to civil rights violations to the death of Mr. Floyd in Minnesota to a variety of health conditions impacting communities of color in different and detrimental ways,” says Dean David Holtgrave. “Health disparities and social injustice are evident in the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and our School is committed to identifying and addressing these disparities and their root causes—not just for this disease, but in all areas of public health.”
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