Pivoting in the pandemic: how HIV-focused community-health workers addressed COVID-19 disparities
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic significantly overburdened the U.S. healthcare system and magnified pre-existing care delivery gaps in communities of color. In Miami-Dade County, Black residents account for 64% of AIDS-related deaths and experienced a COVID-19 mortality rate of 6.1%, compared to 3.9% among White res...