For Immediate Release
Contact Information: Natalie Bowers, northshorenaacp@gmail.com, 617-8955-0602
NAACP North Shore Branch Partners with AdMeTech Foundation to Host Virtual Health Forum on the Recent Advances and Health Disparities in Prostate Cancer and COVID-19 Care
Thursday, November 18th, 7:00 PM, the NAACP North Shore Branch in partnership with a non profit AdMeTech Foundation is hosting a public virtual forum to discuss the emerging advances in patient care and related racial and ethnic disparities in the North Shore, with a focus on prostate cancer and COVID-19. This event will address the critical importance of public education, awareness and access to the high quality health services for saving lives and eliminating health disparities.
The general public is invited to attend. No registration is required, and the event is free of charge.
The event panelists include medical professionals and politicians in the North Shore and state level, who serve as champions of ending the racial and ethnic health disparities seen in the region.
The NAACP North Shore Branch has partnered with non-profit Admetech Foundation to produce the event, which is in line with the organization’s mission of providing global leadership in transforming early detection and treatment of life-threatening diseases.
The North Shore is better known for its mostly white, affluent demographic rather than health disparities in African American and Latinx communities. However, the North Shore has been carrying some of the state’s “hot spots” of the COVID-19 pandemic, overlapping with prostate cancer health disparities.
Featured Speakers (in alphabetical order):
-Dr. Clovene Campbell, Medical Director at Pediatric Associates of Greater Salem & Beverly -Senator Brendan Crighton (D-Third Essex), Chairperson of the Joint Committee on Financial Services in the State Senate
-Senator Joan Lovely (D – Second Essex), Assistant Majority Leader and Chairperson of the Joint Committee on Rules in the State Senate
-Dr. Phillip Rice, Chairman of Emergency Medicine at the Mass General Brigham Salem Hospital
-Dr. Faina Shtern, President, Admetech Foundation
-Dr. Steve Zappala, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Urology, Tufts University School of Medicine
Event Summary
Name: Prostate Cancer Awareness in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic : An educational forum to address COVID-19 and prostate cancer and related health disparities in the North Shore. Date: November 18, 2021
Time: 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Format: Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82821250954?pwd=YldUMytlZWdHUTBPUjkvNXhlODM3QT09
Description: This is an online educational forum about the importance of prevention, early detection, accurate diagnosis and treatment in saving lives and eliminating health disparities in both the COVID-19 and prostate cancer. The event is structured so that our political and medical leaders will address the cutting-edge advances in patient care and public and private resources available available for local communities in the cities and towns of North Shore, Essex County and the State of Massachusetts. This event is designed for general public, including local leaders. This is an important and timely discussion, considering the health disparities in COVID-19 (including vaccination rates) and prostate cancer. This forum is meant to be beneficial to the North Shore community at large, and everyone is invited and encouraged to attend.
About Event Partners:
AdMeTech Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, providing global leadership in transforming early detection and treatment of life-threatening diseases. AdMeTech established the Manogram Project, designing and managing international, national and state programs in prostate cancer research, medical education, public awareness and advocacy. These programs have been creating a new standard of care and reducing health disparities. In Massachusetts, AdMeTech Foundation is leading a Prostate Cancer Action Council, a partnership with multiple advocacy and grassroots organizations, including New England Area Conference of NAACP and its local branches, such as North Shore NAACP Branch (www.admetech.org).
North Shore NAACP Branch
The North Shore NAACP Branch was founded in 2020 after the murder of George Floyd. Currently, the Branch has almost a thousand members and is still growing. As per the National office’s mission of promoting health and wellness to the community, our Branch is hosting this forum as means to illuminate the racial disparities in prostate testing and vaccination uptake and to encourage people to get tested and get their vaccines and prostate testing to have good health.
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North Shore MA NAACP
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