Media & Publications

4/24/26, Block Club Chicago: “Can This Wellness Center Help West Siders Live Longer? Sankofa Village Aims To Do Just That”

4/24/26, WBEZ/Chicago Sun-Times: “Obamacare premiums in Illinois rose sharply but not as much as expected”

4/23/24, CBS News: “Sankofa Village Wellness Center opens in Chicago's West Garfield Park community”

4/21/26, Fox 32 Chicago: “Sankofa Village Wellness Center hosts open house to highlight community health services”

4/13/26, Crain’s Chicago Business: “Crain’s Notable Leaders in HealthCare: Dr. Lee Francis”

3/6/26, Austin Weekly News: “Erie opens health center in West Garfield Park”

2/25/26, Block Club Chicago: “Sankofa Wellness Center Preps For April Opening In West Garfield Park”

6/5/25, Crain’s Chicago Business: “Savings from Medicaid cuts would be a mirage, Chicago clinic CEO says”

1/15/25, The New York Times: “Insulin Prices Dropped. But Some Poor Patients Are Paying More.”

10/1/24, WTTW: “Work Underway On West Side’s Sankofa Wellness Center”

9/16/24, Block Club Chicago: “New West Garfield Park Wellness Center Aims to Improve Health Outcomes, Close Life Expectancy Gap for West Side Residents”

01/12/2023 - "$10 Million Chicago Prize Awarded to Sankofa Wellness Village"

01/26/2022 – NBC Chicago: "Chicago Parents Use Unsafe Practices to Get Their Babies to Sleep, Study Shows"

09/26/2022 –"Erie at the Ukraine Border"

02/23/21 – Public Health Nursing: “Personal reflections on navigating the COVID‐19 pandemic: From vision to reality” 

03/16/21 – Grab Magazine: “A Culturally-Conscious Approach to HIV in the Black Community” 

04/08/21 – Auburn Gresham Portal: “A Culturally-Conscious Approach to HIV in the Black Community” 

05/10/21 – Chicago Tribune: “‘I think we’ll be testing forever’: Testing remains a vital tool in war on COVID-19, despite growing number of vaccinations”

05/12/21 – ABC 7 Eyewitness News: “COVID-19 vaccine: Chicago area vaccination sites, pharmacies gear up to vaccinate ages 12+” 

05/17/21 – Univision Chicago: “Semana de la Salud: Cuidado Preventivo" 

05/19/2021 – WBEZ Chicago: “Chicago’s Plan To Flood Areas With COVID-19 Vaccines Improved Racial Equity. Now It’s Ending.”

05/24/21 – WBEZ Chicago: “What Chicago’s Fight Against The Pandemic Could Teach Us About Fixing Health Care” 

08/24/21 – Chicago Tribune: "FDA Gives Full OK to Pfizer doses"

04/23/20 – City of Evanston News Release: “City, Erie Health to host ‘Coronavirus Q&As’ to provide community with latest COVID-19 information”  

12/03/20 – FOX 32 Chicago: World AIDS Day TV Interview 

12/03/20 – TELEMUNDO Chicago: World AIDS Day TV Interview  

02/12/19 – Northwestern Medicine Magazine: “Continuity of Care, Across Chicago’s Communities” 

02/15/19 – Erie Family Health Centers (Vimeo): “Dr. Amish Desai Talks Heart Health on B96” 

02/20/19 – Evanston Roundtable: “Erie Family Health Center Expands To Accommodate Growing Need for Services” 

04/02/19 – Chicago Tribune: “Erie Family Health Centers doubles size of Evanston/Skokie clinic” 

04/17/19 – The Daily Northwestern: “Erie Evanston/Skokie Health Center unveils expansion” 

06/10/19 – Daily Herald: “Heart patients need to take ownership of their own health” 

06/26/19 – Univision Chicago: “Ofrecen pruebas gratuitas de VIH en Chicago como parte de una campaña para controlar la enfermedad” 

06/30/19 – Erie Family Health Centers (Facebook Watch): “Dr. Tina Wheat Talks HIV, AIDS, & More” 

07/08/19 – IFF: “Erie Family Health Centers doubles its footprint in Evanston/Skokie, increasing access to high-quality, affordable health care” 

04/01/18 – National Center for Medical Legal Partnership: “Keeping Children Safe from Lead Poisoning” 

11/14/18 – Windy City Times: “Erie marks success in HIV-suppression rates” 

12/02/18 – Chicago Tribune: “Illinois doctors say Trump immigration proposal already scaring away patients”

03/21/17 – CBS News: “Uncertainty looms for patients at community clinics ahead of proposed health care changes” 

6/30/17 – Chicago Tribune: “More suburban residents insured via Medicaid after Obamacare”