The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities today opened  for supplemental funding to evaluate interventions to reduce COVID-19鈥檚 impact on populations that experience health disparities or other populations vulnerable to COVID-19 infection, hospitalization, or mortality. In an April 16 letter to the Department of Health and Human Services, the AHA, American Medical Association, and American Nurses Association urged Secretary Alex Azar to 鈥渆mploy the resources of NIMHD鈥o research and develop approaches to specifically address the COVID-19 needs of minority populations.鈥� The agency said it will supplement existing NIMHD grants to: test community interventions focused on preventing or slowing COVID-19 transmission; evaluate local and state policies and programs intended to mitigate COVID-19 exposure and improve adherence; and, reduce the negative impacts on the health of vulnerable groups and populations who experience health disparities.

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