The National Resource Center for Refugees, Immigrants and Migrants (NRC-RIM) is joining the Afghan Health Initiative (AHI) and Seattle King County Public Health (SKCPH) for a webinar titled Culturally Relevant Lead Poisoning Prevention Strategies for Afghan Newcomer Communities on Oct. 18.

The webinar will highlight AHI and SKCPH’s partnership to prevent childhood lead poisoning in Afghan communities through a home visit and pressure cooker exchange program, as well as NRC-RIMs lead poisoning collection for Afghans. Participants will learn about how to replicate the home visit program and support it with tailored health communications from NRC-RIM.

Learn from more partnership ideas in NRC-RIM’s new promising practice called Effective Strategies for COVID–19 Mitigation in Muslim Faith Communities. Lessons learned from NRC-RIM partner the International Rescue Committee are summarized in five key strategies that support culturally responsive and effective mitigation strategies.

NRC-RIM partners at NACCHO are looking for a consultant to provide training and technical assistance to build capacity of health departments and community-based organizations to effectively collaborate with Afghan refugee, immigrant, and migrant communities for improved Afghan community public health. Applications are due Oct. 13.

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