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Download the pdf Alaska’s vaccination outreach to Alaska Natives exemplifies a co-leadership model that prioritizes health equity and acknowledges historical trauma associated with previous public health emergencies. State and tribal leaders co-led the COVID-19 vaccination effort, including allocation, distribution, funding, and communication.
- As a result of the state and tribal partnership, Alaska Native communities have received vaccinations at rates equal to, and in many cases, above that of the average for all Alaskans.
- This brief is part of a series of work between NASHP, NGA, and the Duke-Margolis Center on health equity during COVID-19.
- Related: A Case Study of the Virginia COVID-19 Equity Leadership Task Force and Health Equity Working Group
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