Umoja Health: Building Community Coalitions to Achieve Health Equity From COVID-19 to Cancer

Kim F Rhoads1, Eva N Pardo1, Salustiano Ribeiro1

  • 1Kim F. Rhoads, Eva N. Pardo, and Ghilamichael Andemeskel are with the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco. Salustiano Ribeiro is with Bay Area Phlebotomy Lab Services, San Bruno, CA. Monique LeSarre is with the Berkeley-Oakland YWCA, Berkeley, CA. Noha Aboelata is with Roots Community Health, Oakland, CA. Lisa M. Tealer is with the Bay Area Community Health Advisory Council, Redwood City, CA. Damon Francis is with the Alameda Health System, Homeless Health Center, and Brotherhood of Elders Network, Oakland, CA. Zhonnet Harper is with the Alameda County Public Health Commission, San Leandro, CA. Kala M. Mehta is with the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco. Jonathan D. Fuchs is with the San Francisco Department of Public Health, San Francisco, CA. Kimi Watkins-Tartt is with the Alameda County Public Health Department, San Leandro, CA.

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