Statewide Roadmap to Address Long COVID and Post-Viral Chronic Conditions

This roadmap is designed to support a wide range of audiences working to improve the lives of people living with post-viral IACCs in Minnesota. 

It centers people living with post-viral IACCs and recognizes the broader systems involved in navigating and supporting them, including caregivers, employers, educators, healthcare providers, community organizations, and policymakers. Each group will find different entry points into the roadmap depending on their role and goals. See page 9 in the full document for guidance on how to navigate the roadmap by audience. 

The purpose of this roadmap is to identify opportunities to ensure people experiencing post-viral IACCs are seen, believed, diagnosed, receive the medical care they deserve, get the support they need, and are recognized as a whole person who actively participates in their community, regardless of their background.

The vision for this roadmap is that as diagnostic markers, treatments, cures, and services are pursued for people living with post-viral IACCs, Minnesota can lead as a state where people experiencing these conditions are able to live, learn, and work in communities that understand and respond to their needs. Meanwhile, their health concerns are urgently and comprehensively addressed through an integrated, equitable, and responsive system of providers, insurers, employers, community services, public health, and person-centered care. The vision promotes:

• Minnesotans living with post-viral IACCs engage in and contribute to their communities to their personal fullest, free from stigma.
• Minnesotans living with post-viral IACCs can easily navigate formal, non-clinical, and governmental systems to access the support required for their distinct needs in respectful ways.
• Minnesotans living with post-viral IACCs are served by caring health systems that are resourced and structured to meet their distinct needs in respectful ways, while making tangible progress toward cures and effective treatments.

This vision is centered on people living with post-viral IACCs, yet it also explicitly recognizes opportunities for those dedicated to improving the lives of people with post-viral IACCs and all those who create thriving communities in Minnesota.

(Full details can be found in Appendix A of the full document.)

The roadmap was developed between May 2025 and May 2026 through a structured, multiphase process led by MDH in partnership with MAD. 
The project included people with post-viral IACCs not only as interviewees, but as members of the workgroups and steering committee. The project team was intentional in the selection process to ensure a variety of voices would inform and provide input to this work, including people of color, people with a variety of disabilities, immigrants, people in rural communities, and LGBTQIA+ people. Their unique lived experiences and input helped shape the vision, recommendations, and final revisions of the roadmap.

The project support team adjusted how people could participate, offering flexible timelines, different formats for input, and opportunities to give input over time, to better support access and reduce cognitive burden for contributors.