In 2020, the AbbVie Foundation embarked on a journey with the UChicago Medicine’s Urban Health Initiative (UHI) to launch the Liaisons in Care (LinC) program to reduce health disparities in marginalized communities.
Fast forward four years, today, our Corporate Responsibility & Global Philanthropy Team had the honor of welcoming the LinC Team to our HQ to celebrate our progress and discuss the challenges and opportunities for continuing to advance health equity.
Since launching on Chicago’s South Side—a community grappling with some of the worst economic, health, social, and violence outcomes in the United States due to generations of structural inequality and neglect that have eroded essential social, economic, and health-promoting infrastructure—LinC’s community health workers and partnerships have assisted over 27,000 residents in navigating care and accessing vital health and social services, resulting in measurable improvements in health outcomes.
As Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, “Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and inhuman.” We need to recognize that health inequities affect us all, and together, we must advocate for a future where everyone has access to the care they need.
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2moSuch a great day with the OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation team! Thanks to our team members for joining that day.