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     Broward Regional Health Planning Council’s (BRHPC) Community Based Workforce for COVID-19 Vaccine Outreach Program is a collaborative program that engages three community partners; mobilizes community health workers and medical professionals to educate; assists individuals in getting the vaccine; addresses COVID-19 related health disparities and advances health equity. BRHPC commends the highly specialized workforce from Holy Cross Health, Memorial Healthcare System and Mount Olive Development Corporation for a successful year.

New coronavirus cases, hospitalizations, and test positivity have all fallen noticeably in recent weeks. Conditions across the US are improving considerably.

     “In the summer of 1982, three nurses – Bernice Edwards, Susie Forehand, and Mercerdese Clark along with approximately 60 other nurses – met with the intent of organizing a Black Professional Nurses group as no such group existed in Orlando. Following two interest meetings, the group organized as Black Nurses Association with Mercerdese Clark serving as the chapter’s first president,” says Bernice Edwards.