The Pacific Alliance Against COVID-19 is working with local Department of Health to expand their pilot model to other school districts in the state. In addition to testing strategy, they have created several culturally specific learning modules for educators and students around COVID-19 protection and prevention, COVID-19 variants and vaccines, the history of infectious diseases in Hawaii, and Genealogy and 'Ohana bubbles. 

This past spring, the RADx-UP project “Community Driven Approach to Mitigate COVID 19 Disparities in Hawaii's Vulnerable Populations” conducted longitudinal testing in public schools in Hawaii in preparation for re-openings in the fall. Learn more in this video (linked and embedded to the right) about how the Pacific Alliance Against COVID-19, a partnership that includes the University of Hawaii and AHARO network of health centers, worked with the Kamaile Academy to keep teachers, staff and students healthy.