April is National Minority Health Month, which recognizes health disparities in underrepresented populations.
The observance originated in 1915, when educator Booker T. Washington established National Negro Health Week, according to the NIH.
The theme of this year’s event — #VaccineReady — is “especially important” amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Ada Stewart, MD, president of the American Academy of Family Physicians, told Healio Primary Care.
“Misinformation often serves as a barrier to getting vaccinated,” she said. “That’s why — in