COVID-19 Vaccine Implementation Collaborative – Washington State Department of Health

Background

The Collaborative, launched in February 2021, helps implement effective and equitable vaccine access strategies that centers the voices of people and communities most impacted by COVID-19.

DOH made an intentional choice to create a structure that allows all interested partners the option to participate on an on-going basis. This structure is based on the concept of collaboration, where a group of people work together around a shared project or mission.

The Collaborative ensures an equity and social justice lens is incorporated in DOH's vaccine planning and implementation efforts.

To ensure effective outreach and implementation of the COVID-19 vaccine to all communities, DOH is intentionally centering the voices, feedback, recommendations and requests of communities and sectors disproportionally impacted. Communities disproportionally impacted include:

The Collaborative is guided by the direction of Collaborative Thought Partners. Collaborative Thought Partners are Collaborative members who take a more formal, active and represented role within the Collaborative to ensure it is community co-led, centers the communities and sectors that have been most disproportionately impacted by COVID-19, addresses equitable vaccine distribution and access, and advances pandemic recovery efforts.

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COVID-19 Vaccine Implementation Collaborative - Washington State Department of Health