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. 2021 Oct;111(S3):S204-S207.
doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2021.306407.

Illinois Unidos: A Community Demands Equity, Justice, and Inclusion

Marina Del Rios  1 , Aida Giachello  1 , Shaveta Khosla  1 , Geraldine Luna  1 , Ruth Pobee  1 , Pamela Vergara-Rodriguez  1 , Noreen Sugrue  1
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Illinois Unidos: A Community Demands Equity, Justice, and Inclusion

Marina Del Rios et al. Am J Public Health. 2021 Oct.

Abstract

At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, neither government officials nor members of the news media fully grasped what was happening in the Latino community. Underreporting of COVID-19 cases led to a systematic neglect of the Latino population and resulted in disproportionately high rates of infection, hospitalization, and death. Illinois Unidos was formed to engage in community mobilization, health communication, advocacy, and policy work in response to inequalities exacerbated by COVID-19 in Latino communities in Illinois. (Am J Public Health. 2021;111(S3):S204-S207. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306407).

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