NATIONAL INITIATIVE TO ADDRESS COVID-19 HEALTH DISPARITIES AMONG POPULATIONS AT HIGH-RISK AND UNDERSERVED, INCLUDING RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY POPULATIONS AND RURAL COMMUNITIES - THROUGH THIS NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY (NOFO), THE NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (NDDOH) WILL STRENGTHEN PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE, PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE CAPABILITIES FOR THE CURRENT COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND FUTURE OUTBREAKS, EPIDEMICS AND PANDEMICS. THE FUNDING ALLOWS THE NDDOH AND OTHER AGENCIES TO WORK WITH UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES AND THOSE AT A HIGHER RISK FOR COVID-19 DISPARITIES AND OTHER HEALTH INEQUITIES.THE NDDOH HEALTH EQUITY OFFICE (HEO) WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE NOFO CDC-RFA-OT21-2103. HEALTH EQUITY IS THE ATTAINMENT OF THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF HEALTH FOR ALL PEOPLE. THE NDDOH HEO WORKS TO UNDERSTAND AND REDUCE HEALTH DISPARITIES AMONG ALL NORTH DAKOTANS. THE PRIMARY GOAL IS TO REDUCE DISEASE RATES BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERVENTIONS AND IMPROVING ACCESS TO HEA

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NATIONAL INITIATIVE TO ADDRESS COVID-19 HEALTH DISPARITIES AMONG POPULATIONS AT HIGH-RISK AND UNDERSERVED, INCLUDING RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY POPULATIONS AND RURAL COMMUNITIES - THROUGH THIS NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY (NOFO), THE NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (NDDOH) WILL STRENGTHEN PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE, PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE CAPABILITIES FOR THE CURRENT COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND FUTURE OUTBREAKS, EPIDEMICS AND PANDEMICS. THE FUNDING ALLOWS THE NDDOH AND OTHER AGENCIES TO WORK WITH UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES AND THOSE AT A HIGHER RISK FOR COVID-19 DISPARITIES AND OTHER HEALTH INEQUITIES.THE NDDOH HEALTH EQUITY OFFICE (HEO) WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE NOFO CDC-RFA-OT21-2103. HEALTH EQUITY IS THE ATTAINMENT OF THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF HEALTH FOR ALL PEOPLE. THE NDDOH HEO WORKS TO UNDERSTAND AND REDUCE HEALTH DISPARITIES AMONG ALL NORTH DAKOTANS. THE PRIMARY GOAL IS TO REDUCE DISEASE RATES BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERVENTIONS AND IMPROVING ACCESS TO HEA