Many EI Fellows are active in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, demonstrating their commitment to advancing health equity during a time of unprecedented crisis. The April issue of the EI Newsletter highlights examples of Fellows’ recent actions – in professions related to governance, policymaking, health promotion, raising public awareness, social services, advocacy, media, the arts, and more.

The 2020 Annual Forum was an opportunity to exchange deas and experiences, develop connections across cohorts, and solidify the identity of Equity Fellows, with the ultimate goal of multiplying the impact of the Equity Initiative and building a stronger regional community for health equity.

Through their second-year projects, CMB’s Equity Initiative Fellows get the chance to translate their leadership and communication training and their understanding of health equity into meaningful collaboration. At the Project Accelerator, held October 7-November 3 in Penang, Malaysia, Fellows took steps to move their project concepts beyond shared areas of interest to effective frameworks for collaboration.

Representatives of the China Nursing Consortium of Elite Teaching Hospitals visited 3 leading American hospitals to learn more about advanced methods of nursing residency training in the United States on October 28 – November 2, 2019. With CMB support and facilitation, the delegation met with specialists in nursing education, management, and clinical nursing.