Blog: U.S. health systems can offer hope to global vaccination efforts
Engaging U.S. health systems to provide expert consultations to low- and middle-income nations receiving America’s donated COVID-19 vaccine can offer a “shot of hope” to global vaccination efforts, writes Luke Lindberg, executive director of global strategy, Innovation and World Clinic for Sanford Health in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Sanford Health partnered with Hospital Metropolitano in Costa Rica to establish the country’s first drive-thru COVID-19 testing site and has global health partnerships in Ghana and seven other countries.
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