COVID-19 Contact Tracing in Navajo Nation | Clinical Updates | August 26, 2020
Date of Presentation: August 26, 2020
Type: Past Presentation
Audience: Clinical
Program: Virology
Keywords: #contact tracing #covid clinical updates
In this session, Dr. Jill Moses, Case Management Lead for the Navajo Nation COVID-19 Response and Director of Public Health at Chinle Service Unit with the Indian Health Service, and Dr. Sonya Shin, Contact Tracing Lead for Navajo Nation, Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School and Consulting Physician at Gallup Indian Medical Center, share the Navajo Nation’s contact tracing response and case management strategies. Then, Dr. Jorge Mera, Director of Infectious Diseases for Cherokee Nation Health Services, and Whitney Essex, Family Nurse Practitioner at Cherokee Nation Health Services, share clinical updates on COVID-19.
Recording:
Presented by:
Dr. Jill Moses, Dr. Sonya S. Shin, Dr. Jorge Mera
Jill Moses, MD, MPH, is the Case Management Lead for the Navajo Nation COVID-19 Response and Director of the Division of Public Health at Chinle Service Unit with the Navajo Indian Health Service
Sonya S. Shin, MD, MPH, is the Contact Tracing Lead for Navajo Nation, an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School, Associate Physician with the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Physician at Gallup Indian Medical Center
Jorge Mera, MD, FACP, is the Director of Infectious Diseases for Cherokee Nation Health Service, the largest tribally operated health care system in the United States. He oversees surveillance, policies, and programs to treat and prevent the transmission of COVID-19, sexually transmitted diseases, HIV and HCV.
Resources Provided:
- COVID-19 Contact Tracing in Navajo Nation (Presentation Slides)
- Clinical Update (Presentation Slides)
- 3D Printing of Face Shields (Journal of Oral Maxillofac Surg)
- Comm Care Contact Tracing (Software)
- Famotidine Clinical Trial (NIH)
Date added: August 26, 2020