Vaccination

2022 - 9 - 19

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Oregon almost closes COVID vaccination gap between Latino and ... (OPB News)

In the spring of 2021, the state had a problem: Less than half of Oregon's adult Hispanic population had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. In April, ...

“We learned a ton about what it takes to eliminate health inequities,” Banks said. The gap between the white vaccination rate and the Hispanic vaccination rate remains larger than 20 percentage points in Coos, Sherman, Gilliam, Wheeler and Curry counties. “I think they really owned up to the fact that there really was a lot more that could be done,” Leonard said. Changing where and how people in Latino communities could access the shots encouraged many more to get them, Leonard said. We can’t do it without the community moving alongside with us.” “And that’s really why we’re where we are.

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Namibia utilises One Health for rabies control including oral rabies ... (World Health Organization)

The northern part of Namibia in particular has been identified as a rabies hotspot, and many rabies cases, both in humans and animals (dogs and livestock ...

Dr Thomas Müller of the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute said, “The partnership with our Namibian colleagues has been and continues to be very fruitful. the dogs themselves) is cheaper than providing postexposure prophylaxis. Commitments from both the private and public sectors enabled Namibia to work towards the global goal of zero dog-mediated rabies cases by 2030, increasing awareness among communities and improving accessibility to post-exposure prophylaxis, especially in children and poor communities, given that rabies has devastating impacts not only on health but also on livelihoods. Rabies is a prime example of a disease at the animal-human-environment interface: cases in dogs, humans and livestock are directly correlated. She was able to observe how vulnerable children were being exposed to rabid dogs and puppies in particular. In 2006, Dr Rauna Athingo started working as a state veterinarian, responsible for disease control in the Oshana region – one of the regions in the north of the country where rabies is inflicting a particularly heavy burden.

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Oregon almost closes COVID vaccination gap between Latino and ... (Jefferson Public Radio)

Early problems getting vaccinations to the state's Latino population were largely overcome when the Oregon Health Authority began working with community ...

“We learned a ton about what it takes to eliminate health inequities,” Banks said. The gap between the white vaccination rate and the Hispanic vaccination rate remains larger than 20 percentage points in Coos, Sherman, Gilliam, Wheeler and Curry counties. “I think they really owned up to the fact that there really was a lot more that could be done,” Leonard said. Changing where and how people in Latino communities could access the shots encouraged many more to get them, Leonard said. We can’t do it without the community moving alongside with us.” That lagged the state’s white population by 14 percentage points.

Oregon almost closes COVID vaccination gap between Latino and ... (Herald and News)

In the spring of 2021, the state had a problem: Less than half of Oregon's adult Hispanic population had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

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COVID vaccine equity gap closing for Oregon's Latino communities (KGW.com)

According to the Oregon Health Authority, 71.9% of Hispanic/Latinx adults have received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine compared to the 75.6% of white ...

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