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Systemic racism is a public health issue. Community health workers are proven to help.

Treating race inequities like a public health problem requires specific actions, and mobilizing community health workers is one example.

Dr. Shreya Kangovi is founding executive director of the Penn Center for Community Health Workers.
Dr. Shreya Kangovi is founding executive director of the Penn Center for Community Health Workers.Read moreMICHAEL S. WIRTZ / File Photograph