Achieving Health Equity

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The pandemic shined a light on an open secret: Black and Brown communities suffer worse health outcomes due to unfair health disparities resulting from systemic racism. Achieving health equity requires actions to create a more inclusive and accessible health system for both patients and prospective healthcare workers. Join this webinar to learn about health disparities, social determinants of health, and the impact to employers and community leaders.

Moderator: Dr. Christina Stasiuk, Senior Medical Director, Cigna

Panelists:

  • Anita Jenkins, Chief Executive Officer, Howard University Hospital/Adventist HealthCare, Inc.
  • Dr. Yele Aluko, Chief Medical Officer, EY Americas

This is the second webinar in our Racial and Social Equity Webinar Series.

About the Racial and Social Equity Webinar Series

The Greater Washington Board of Trade’s Racial and Social Equity Webinar Series will provide business leaders across the region the knowledge and tools they need to build more diverse, inclusive, and equitable organizations. It will help leaders identify drivers of inequity and injustice and take concrete steps towards being agents of positive change.

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