The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) presents the next webinar in the series focused on sharing insights, creative approaches, and best practices for working with Black, Indigenous, Latinx and Asian people to promote health equity in the time of COVID 19.  Please join us for the next webinar on Wednesday, March 17 for a continued conversation with ME DHHS staff and clinical and community leaders to explore issues related to improving the confidence in and uptake of COVID-19 vaccines in diverse communities. 

Wednesday, March 17, 2021: 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. 

Improving COVID-19 Vaccine Equity: Best Practices for Increasing Equitable Vaccine Distribution & Uptake in Diverse Communities 

Please join Maine DHHS or a conversation with ME DHHS staff and several clinical and community leaders to learn more about strategies for improving equitable distribution & uptake of COVID vaccines, including best practices for providing outreach and education in diverse and hard-to-reach communities to increase equitable vaccine uptake. 

This conversation will feature clinicians and community partners from B St Clinic in Lewiston, and Penobscot Community Health Care in the Bangor area. 

Please note that attendees can either… 

· Register in advance for this and additional webinars in this monthly series: 

https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcsfuGvpj0jGdaRiW5Y15qnYa2AMVriHgaI 

OR 

· Log on at the time of the webinar using the following link: 

https://zoom.us/j/93198786932?pwd=MXdJN3RnbDhzSVZGUEdRcmJXTkhGQT09 

Meeting ID: 931 9878 6932 

Passcode: 4FrT7H 

One tap mobile: +13126266799,,93198786932#,,,,,,0#,,416363# 

Also, please note that video recordings of the previous ME DHHS Health Equity webinars are posted on the ME CDC website: 

www.maine.gov/dhhs/mecdc/infectious-disease/epi/airborne/coronavirus  

(scroll down to “Health Equity webinars”)