| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | international
USA. How COVID-19 put Native American needs on the aid map
USA. How COVID-19 put Native American needs on the aid map
Leaders of non-profit organisations serving Native American communities in the United States say they’ve been inundated with unprecedented financial support over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Native Americans are three times as likely to have died from the virus than white Americans, according to the APM Research Lab. America’s largest Indian reservation, the Navajo Nation, has lost 1,471 residents to COVID-19. That figure equates to a staggering death rate of 847 per 100,000 residents – double the worst-affected US state. (The New Humanitarian, Genf, 20.10.2021)
https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news-feature/2021/10/26/how-COVID-19-put-Native-American-needs-on-the-aid-map