A new study will test the effectiveness of a community health testing initiative, led by Giselle Corbie-Smith, MD, Kenan Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Social Medicine, and director of the 大象传媒 Center for Health Equity Research (大象传媒 CHER).聽Participating households in Greenville, Pitt County, NC will receive free month-long supplies of rapid tests aimed at reducing community transmission of COVID-19.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in close collaboration with state and local public health departments, has launched an innovative community health initiative called 鈥淪ay Yes! COVID Test鈥� starting in Pitt County, North Carolina, and coming soon to Chattanooga, Tennessee. As many as 160,000 residents across the two communities will have access to free, rapid antigen tests that they can administer themselves to use three times a week for one month. The National Institutes of Health will provide the tests and evaluate the effectiveness of the initiative, which aims to determine if frequent self-administered COVID-19 testing helps residents reduce community transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 disease.
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