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This Hispanic Heritage Month, public health leaders on the Oct. 15, 2020, Prioritizing Equity panel discuss COVID-19 and the Latinx community. Topics include structural racism, the invisibility of the Latinx community in mainstream topics and the impact this has on health care access and quality.

Panel:

• Rita Carreón, deputy vice president of health, UnidosUS
• Ray Mendez, MD, MA, founding physician, MiMedico
• Ruth Enid Zambrana, PhD, distinguished university professor and interim chair, Department of Women's Studies, director, Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity, and adjunct professor, family medicine, University of Maryland Baltimore School of Medicine

Guest moderator: Diana Lemos, PhD, MPH, program manager, AMA Center for Health Equity

COVID-19 and Latinx Community Report: http://cloud.e.ama-assn.org/20-1643-COVIDLatinx

Originally aired: October 15th, 2020

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