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How a Crowdfunding Campaign Expanded Access to COVID-19 Testing For Black Philadelphians

Hadriana Lowenkron

December 15, 2020 |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

To address gaps in the healthcare system that were only being exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic for Black Philadelphians, a group of healthcare professionals joined efforts to create the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium. This "largely volunteer-comprised group" has been able to test more than 15,000 people by setting up testing sites in the communities they are serving.

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