Healing Baltimore: Creating Support for VALUE (Vaccine Access & Acceptance, Lives in Unity, Education & Engagement) Baltimore Ambassadors as They Serve During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

VALUE (Vaccine Acceptance & Access Lives in Unity, Engagement & Education) Baltimore began in February 2021 with the vision of helping underserved communities in Baltimore City value COVID-19 vaccination and have access to the vaccine. VALUE dispatched ambassadors to provide COVID-19 education and risk-mitigation strategies in their communities. Once the project was implemented, we noticed that our ambassadors were often overwhelmed by misinformation in the community and our priority populations faced deeper issues relating to the social determinants of health (SDOH) and social needs such as food, transportation, job loss, and housing.

Feasibility of Cardiac Rehabilitation Models in Kenya.

Background: Heart failure (HF), is a leading cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa. Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is known to improve functional capacity and reduce morbidity associated with HF. Although CR is a low-cost intervention, global access and adherence rates to CR remain poor.