Monthly Archives: July 2020
7th Annual Walk With the Stars & Move-a-thon on July 11, 2020
Please join Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Inc. (SCDAA) for our 7th Annual Walk With the Stars & Move-a-thon on July 11, 2020. For the first time this year, our walk will be entirely virtual. Once again, we have added a new theme by incorporating different types of movement because we’re on the […]
Read MoreHealth Educators Leading a Way to a Post COVID-19 World – AUG 04, 2020 at 3:00 PM ET
Brought to you by APHA’s Public Health Education and Health Promotion Section Leadership in uncertain times is more important now than ever as we face dual pandemics of COVID-19 and systemic and structural racism. In this session, you will hear from two members of the APHA Public Health Education and Health Promotion Section on how […]
Read MoreEnhancing Public Trust and Health with COVID-19 Vaccination: Planning Recommendations – August 4, 2020 at 2:00 pm ET
Brought to you by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing The protracted COVID-19 pandemic has placed multiple stresses upon the US public – the threat of ill health and death, the isolating effects of physical distancing measures, and the uncertainties and hardships associated with disrupted economic activities. People’s resilience is being sorely tested. Operation […]
Read MoreDoing it Right: Contact Tracing and Health Equity – July 30, 2020 at 12:30 PM ET
Hosted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine There is ample evidence that communities of color are experiencing higher rates of infection and mortality rates. Testing and contact tracing are important tools to use in heading off future outbreaks of COVID-19. It is critical that contact tracing efforts are appropriate to those communities experiencing greater […]
Read MoreSCDAA MARAC Position on 2020 School Reopening
SHOW THIS TO YOUR CHILD’S SCHOOL PRINCIPAL TO HELP THEM HELP YOU. July 27, 2020 – Sickle cell disease remains a high-risk condition for severe COVID-19 infection.1 Registry data show that individuals with sickle cell disease are more vulnerable to death with COVID-19 at all ages, including children.2 We recommend that families with children with […]
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