Relief organization holds clinics focused on vaccinating Portland s BIPOC communities
Medical Teams International and community partners are reaching out to people who may have a tougher time accessing the COVID-19 vaccine. Author: Katherine Cook Updated: 11:34 PM PDT April 8, 2021
At Mt. Olivet Baptist Church in North Portland, there was cause for celebration this week as the church hosted the first of three COVID-19 vaccine clinics.
“If you could see what I can see inside with our members going through [the clinic] just so excited, it would absolutely fill your heart with joy,” said Pastor Wendell Robinson.
Robinson and his staff at Mt. Olivet were thrilled to learn they d be hosting the vaccine clinics through Medical Teams International (MIT). The humanitarian relief agency is partnering with the Oregon Health Authority, Providence and Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon. Together, they re focused on getting vaccine to people in BIPO
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This Advent, Christian global health professionals feel deeply the longing and expectation characteristic of the season amid the preparation for the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine. While our world awaits the end of the pandemic and the darkness feels very present, the hope of some reprieve shifted toward realization when healthcare workers in the UK and then the US and Canada received the Pfizer vaccine in the last two weeks. Approvals of two other viable vaccines from Moderna and AstraZeneca are expected soon. Yet as Christian professionals work to improve health for the most vulnerable, a swirl of controversies and logistical challenges to delivering the vaccine clutter the way.