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Our Funding

National Initiative to Address COVID-19 Health Disparities Among Populations at High-Risk and Underserved, Including Racial and Ethnic Minority Populations and Rural Communities

Our Mission

Addressing COVID-19 and advancing health equity through strategies, interventions, and services that consider systemic barriers and potentially discriminatory practices that have put certain groups at higher risk for diseases like COVID-19

  • Developing and implementing strategies to improve testing capabilities and other COVID-19 response activities

  • Identifying best practices for contact tracing

  • Developing partnerships with key partners among the populations

  • Implementing a coordinated and holistic approach that builds on culturally, linguistically, and locally tailored strategies and best practices to reduce COVID-19 risk and to build and sustain trust

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Our Projects

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Ozarks Public Health Institute (OPHI)
Missouri State University
901 S National Ave
Springfield, MO  65897

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    ​Funding for this project was provided by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, through the Health Disparities Program Office, contract #DH220051561. This project is supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $35,569,951 with 100 percent funded by CDC/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official view of, nor an endorsement, by CDC/HHS, or the U.S. Government.

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