Collaboration between community-based organizations (CBOs) and immunization managers at state and local health departments has been critical to COVID-19 vaccine distribution. Immunization managers have been essential to allocating resources and ensuring communities are equipped to combat preventable diseases. As key trust-holders, CBOs are often the translators and messengers of complex, life-saving health information that keeps communities protected and safe from the ever-evolving pandemic. Continued partnerships between these two groups is crucial to shaping a more efficient, effective and equitable community response - for the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

During this 60 minute webinar, experts will:

• Review of the role of immunization managers in COVID-19 vaccine implementation over the last year;

• Reinforce the value and impact of CBO partnerships with state and local health departments in COVID-19 response;

• Spotlight successes and lessons learned from partnerships between CBOs and health departments in Wisconsin and Oregon; and

• Offer ideas for the future state of the relationship between immunization managers and CBOs.

Presenters 

• Jesper Angelo, CIO & COO, Living Islands

• Kianna Angelo, Founder & Executive Director, Living Islands

• Charleigh Granade, Public Health Analyst - Immunization Services Division, CDC

• Claire Hannan, Executive Director, Association of Immunization Managers

• Laura Kochlefl, Project Manager - Vaccination Community Outreach Program, Wisconsin DHS

• Rob Smith, Deputy Director, Community Driven Vaccine Program, Oregon Health Authority

• Julie Scofield, Project Director - Community COVID Coalition, CDC Foundation (moderator)

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