This is a special publication of the first season of the new Health Affairs podcast, Research and Justice For All. The first season, "Private Sector Solutions," is sponsored by CVS Health. The six-episode season will publish Wednesdays.

Guest: Rashad Burgess, Vice President of Advancing Health and Black Equity at Gilead Sciences 

CVS Health’s Sree Chaguturu and Joneigh Khaldun interview Rashad Burgess of Gilead Sciences about how private sector companies can advance health equity goals. They also discuss how Gilead is addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Black and brown communities throughout Southern states in the US.

This season is sponsored by CVS Health.

Related Links:  

• LGBTQ+ Health Is An Essential Component of Public Health Equity Efforts (Health Affairs Forefront)  
• Building Community Power To Dismantle Policy-Based Structural Inequity In Population Health (Health Affairs)  
• About the Gilead COMPASS Initiative® (Gilead)  
• Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Legislation (Health Resources & Services Administration)  

Explore the CVS Health-sponsored Health Affairs Forefront short series, “Private Sector Solutions for Health Equity.”