by Rich Strater | Aug 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
Antonia: In this photo I was with a nurse this morning talking about a patient that needed a referral to MUSC…[community health workers] work with nurses, with doctors. Like, for example, here in the clinic, [we work] with the nutritionist, with the counselor,...
by Rich Strater | Aug 29, 2024 | Uncategorized
Candice: [This picture] is about hope because I hope that with the work that I do in my community, I hope that I bring hope to my clients and to the people in my community to know that things might be hard right now, but there’s a way to get out of it and...
by Rich Strater | Aug 28, 2024 | Uncategorized
Leonor: Well, this, in this photo I was performing a child development evaluation. This family in particular I remember that the mother didn’t speak Spanish, and the father only a little. They spoke an indigenous language from Guatemala, so, well the barriers are even...
by Rich Strater | Oct 12, 2022 | Uncategorized
October 12, 2022 Communities and organizations across the country have been critical partners for local, state, and national COVID-19 initiatives, working to educate people. How Federal and State Government Can Improve COVID-19 Vaccine and Testing Equity and Build...
by Rich Strater | Sep 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
Today, the Biden-Harris Administration is awarding $225 million in American Rescue Plan funds to train over 13,000 Community Health Workers (CHWs). In response to the acute need to expand the healthcare workforce and address pandemic-related burnout, the American...
by Rich Strater | Sep 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
When Bupe Sinkala was diagnosed with HIV, she didn’t know what to do. She was planning her wedding – and decided not to tell her fiancé at first. It was, she reflects, “a dark moment. I was scared of being rejected, of being judged. I thought it...
