Nashi Immigrants Health Board
Nashi Immigrants Health Board is a registered non-profit organization founded by people in the community in partnership with WA DOH
Mission:
We partner with Ukrainian and Russian speaking communities in WA state to meet the broad range of health and social needs of our people and advocate through community engagement, empowerment and connection to resources.
Vision:
We seek to understand, support and empower our community and provide for a healthy future for “Nashi” (our community) through a lens of health equity and social justice.
Say Hello
Nashi Immigrants Health Board is a registered non-profit organization founded by people in the community in partnership with WA DOH
Co-Founder of Nashi Immigrants Health Board, Tamara is a Registered Nurse and Assistant Teaching Professor at the University of Washington School of Nursing, with a graduate specialty in Cross-cultural nursing. She also has a BA in Psychology. She is passionate about preparing nurses for community health work and decreasing barriers to health and wellness for Ukrainian and Russian speaking immigrant and refugee communities in Washington, through her research, community outreach and nursing practice.
She has a BA in Community Psychology and Health Studies and is currently pursuing her Masters of Public Health with a focus in Community-Oriented Public Health Practice. In collaboration with members of the Nashi Health Board, Ekaterina developed a community needs assessment survey which will help guide future outreach work. She is passionate about serving the Russian and Ukrainian speaking community and making sure that community needs are at the center of all outreach work in public health. By adapting a holistic lens, Ekaterina strives to make community voices heard through compassionate conversations and cultural representation.
Co-Founder of Nashi Immigrants Health Board, Olena is a physician, psychotherapist and infectious disease researcher from Ukraine. She is also a visiting Fullbright Scholar in the Global Public Health Program at UW School of Public Health. Olena is dedicated to understanding and promoting health for Ukrainian and Russian speaking immigrants and refugees. Her holistic approach to health includes mind, body and spirit.
Olga Okhapkina is the co-founder of the nonprofit organization Nashi Immigrants Health Board. She is a local Ukrainian activist involved in organizing cultural and educational activities related to public health in Washington state. She has 2 bachelor's degrees as a music teacher and epidemiologist. Her life credo: "No one can destroy a dream, and you can rebuild your plane again."
Is it COVID 19 or something else?
Allergy season is well underway in the Northwest, and the sneezes, sore throats, and headaches that come along with all the blossoms and blooms can make you wonder whether you have picked up the COVID-19 virus. Taking home tests for COVID-19 after spending time unmasked, indoors, is always a smart idea. There’s also a helpful guide from the Washington Department of Health that explains which symptoms are more likely to be COVID and which are typical of other illnesses. It can help you decide whether you should test for COVID or see a doctor. The guide is online here: Russian | Ukrainian | English
COVID-19 therapies. It’s important to be up-to-date with COVID-19 vaccines to stay healthy even if you get infected with the virus. There also are a few treatments for the disease if you come down with COVID. Oral anti-viral medicine and monoclonal antibody infusions are two types of treatment, and they are available only through health care providers and/or pharmacies. Department of Health has produced fact sheets to explain these treatments and how to get them.
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