Announcements & Speeches

On June 4, 2020, The Rockefeller Foundation and the City of Baltimore announced the launch of a groundbreaking pilot program – the Baltimore Health Corps –designed to address the city’s interconnected economic and public health crises caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Baltimore Health Corps will recruit, train, and employ more than 300 residents who are currently jobless due to the pandemic to serve as contact tracers, care coordinators, and Community Health Workers. Health Corps staff will be deployed to address critical COVID-19 needs in Baltimore’s most vulnerable communities, performing three key functions: public health education outreach, contact tracing, and care coordination and social support.

I am heartbroken and angered by the recent killings of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, Tony McDade, Sean Reed, and Breonna Taylor. These acts of violence are despicable. Yet again, innocent …

Support will promote the adaption and scale-up of innovative approaches to empower health workers responding to the pandemic and continuing immunization services. Focuses on leveraging digital technologies – such …