THIS WEEK: Healthy Heart and Black History Month

Together Against COVID Team
THIS WEEK: Healthy Heart and Black History Month

Hello,

This week marks the start of Healthy Heart Month and Black History Month. Don't miss out on the Love Your Heart Community Resource Fair Wednesday @ 10 A.M PT once a month to check your blood pressure and get FREE blood pressure monitors. Additionally, see this weeks highlight of Making Black History Today in honor of Black History Month: Dr. Akilah Weber. Lastly, an update on the Covid Vaccine from Dr. Gillespie.

"Love Your Heart" Community Health & Resource Fair

"Love Your Heart" is an annual event in which organizations join together to provide FREE blood pressure screenings to the public. The event brings together community partners to prevent heart disease and stroke and empowers the public to take control of their heart health, know their blood pressure numbers, and know what they mean.JOIN NOW

Making Black History Today: Dr. Akilah Weber

Director of the Pediatric & Adolescent Gynecology Division at Randy Children's Hospital-San Diego, Dr. Akilah Weber is an active member of the community and gives talks to various churches and community organizations.

She serves as a positive role model for the youth and exposing them to careers in the STEM fields. She made history by becoming the first African American to be elected to the La Mesa City Council. Read More

COVID Vaccine Update by Dr. Gillespie: Taking Your Health Into Your Own Hands

Dr. Gillespie gives an update on the Covid Vaccine from who can currently get vaccinated as well as where to get it. Until we can all get vaccinated, Dr. Gillespie urges us to wash our hands, wear a mask, and socially distance.

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Together Against COVID Team

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ABOUT US

Together Against COVID is an initiative led by the Multicultural Health Foundation (MHF) in partnership with the County of San Diego. MHF's mission is to bring health justice and wellness to the multicultural communities of San Diego County by focusing resources on the most vulnerable populations with community-based wellness strategies, social-clinical interventions, and research that will lead to the elimination of racial and ethnic health disparities. For more information, please contact us at (619) 915-6734.