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Recap of the 2023 School of Public Health Convocation, where Admiral Rachel Levine, assistant secretary for health in the US Department of Health & Human Services, delivered the keynote address.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Before they became known as the Sister Circle and appeared on the “CBS Evening News,” the six African-American doctors were friends and colleagues at WakeMed in
RALEIGH (WTVD) -- When WakeMed pediatrician Rasheeda Monroe volunteered as a COVID-19 vaccinator last month, she saw something was missing.
"I noticed that it was an amazing event, over 1,100 people got vaccinated. But, I thought where are the people of color," she said.
As North Carolina grapples with data showing inequities in its vaccine rollout, Dr. Monroe and a group of Black Raleigh physicians hatched a plan to do something about it. She started brainstorming with her WakeMed colleagues who call themselves the "sister circle." They're all friends; they're all black; and they're all doctors: a psychiatrist, gynecologists, obstetricians, pediatrician and family med physician.