Operational Update: Over Past Week, $5 Million in Insulin for Syria, 25-Ton Charter for Nepal Covid Response and More
Direct Relief also provided India with $17 million worth of donated Covid-19 therapies from Eli Lilly, which cleared customs this week and will be used by hospitals treating Covid-19 patients.
A pharmacist with Syria Relief and Development stocks shelves during medical response efforts. Direct Relief supported the group with $5.5 million worth of donated insulin products over the past week. (SRD photo)
Over the past seven days, Direct Relief has delivered 311 shipments of requested medical aid to 44 U.S. states and territories and 14 countries worldwide.
Family Medicine Health Center helps farmworkers get vaccinated
Family Medicine Health Center helps farmworkers get vaccinated
and last updated 2021-04-13 13:56:42-04
NAMPA, Idaho â Reynaldo Celestino is a family nurse practitioner with Family Medicine Health Center in Nampa who s helping administer the COVID-19 vaccine to local agricultural workers.
It s an effort near and dear to his heart.
âI think thatâs amazing that we are able to reach out to this specific population. Coming from a family of immigrant families, specifically migrant workers, here in the Treasure Valley, Celestino said.
Family Medicine set up a clinic at the Saltzer building to vaccinate more than 100 farmworkers on Saturday.
Local health center administering Johnson & Johnson vaccine to homeless population
Family Medicine Health Center goes mobile to administer COVID-19 vaccine to people experiencing homelessness
and last updated 2021-03-17 11:39:45-04
IDAHO â Family Medicine Health Center is going mobile to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine to people experiencing homelessness.
Penny Beach MD, Chief Medical Officer with Family Medicine said over the last year theyâve been able to provide COVID-19 tests to the homeless community and if an unhoused individual tested positive for the virus the person would temporarily be put up in a hotel to prevent spread, but the goal is to avoid infection entirely.
Vaccine clinics aim to reach front-line workers, farmworkers, Latinos. Details here Nicole Foy, The Idaho Statesman
Mar. 11 People of color and underrepresented groups in Idaho particularly Latinos are still getting vaccinated at lower rates than their white counterparts, despite bearing the brunt of the pandemic.
With food processing workers, farmworkers, grocery store employees and other groups in priority 2.3 now eligible for vaccines, some providers are holding clinics specifically for them, Spanish-speakers or others from underrepresented groups.
Idahoans do not need to have citizenship, legal status, a social security number or even health insurance to get a vaccine. However, some clinics may need vaccine recipients to prove they either live or work in Idaho. That can be done with documents like pay stubs, letters from employers or power bills showing residence in Idaho. Vaccine recipients might also need to provide some form of photo ID or other identi