• United and advocate for Nurse Practitioners in political, professional and policy arenas
• Develop and coordinate educational and networking opportunities
• Advocate for the health of all the people of Maine
  
  

To:  Maine Clinicians

As noted in an initial communication last month, Maine DHHS is supporting several efforts aimed at improving health equity and addressing disparities with respect to race and ethnicity, particularly in response to disparities related to COVID 19.  As part of that work, Maine DHHS is partnering with colleagues to offer a series of monthly webinars focused on sharing creative solutions and best practices for working with Black, Indigenous and people of color at higher risk of COVID-19 infection. 

Following the first successful webinar in July, we will be offering additional webinars on the 3^rd Wednesday of each month from 7:30-8:30AM in August, September & October.  Focused topics for each session are outlined below, with more details and speaker information to follow.

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ME DHHS Webinar: Strategies for Addressing Disparate Impacts of COVID 19 (3^rd Wed/mo, 7:30-8:30AM)

• Wed, Aug 19: A Conversation with Health Care Providers Serving Diverse Communities
• Wed, Sept 16:  Building Trust With Diverse Communities: Essential Steps for Health Care Providers  - Part 1
• Wed, Oct 21: Building Trust With Diverse Communities: Essential Steps for Health Care Providers  - Part 2

Join Zoom Meeting (Same Zoom invite for all webinars; all sessions 7:30-8:30AM)
https://zoom.us/j/6218434986?pwd=dEJoNEVRSkVSN2dwZlJ5WEl3WjJsZz09

Meeting ID: 621 843 4986
Password: 338847

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Please mark your calendar!  We hope you will plan to join us for these conversations, and encourage you to share this information with your members.

Thank you for your help.

Please find Maine CDC's Infectious Disease Program Quarterly Case Counts Report for Quarters 1-2 below. 

This includes investigations initiated during MMWR Year 2020 (December 29, 2019 through June 30, 2020).  Only investigations with a case status are included in this report.  For all outbreak conditions confirmed, probable, and suspect case statuses are included.  For non-outbreak conditions confirmed and probable case statuses are included.  If a condition is not listed that means no cases met the case definition during this time.

• Maine CDC 2020 Q2.pdf

These reports are also available online at http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/mecdc/infectious-disease/epi/publications/index.shtml#Quarterlies.  

Leana E. Amáez (she/her/hers)

Manager of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Department of Health and Human Services

Phone: (207)446-2021 Email: [email protected]