Health Equity

Navajo community left to fight COVID-19 with limited resources

Abstract: The Navajo community has been hit especially hard by the COVID-19 crisis and is ill-equipped to care for patients.

Publication: ABC News

Date Published: May 4, 2020

Author(s): Matt Gutman, Robert Zepeda, Tenzin Shakya and Allie Yang

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