Vaccination Drive
MIRA and its partners have distributed more than 1,600 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in immigrant communities across the state.
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“You can get a vaccine in virtually every part of town; we’re saturated with vaccines,” he said. “So, we decided to look out for patient populations that are underserved, and we realized that the Hispanic community was experiencing significant vaccine inequity. It is an almost untouched group.”
Working with such advocacy groups as the Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance, the clinic has staged at least a half-dozen vaccine drives throughout the state this year, including one early this month in Forest; there, the students provided about 120 boosters.
Source: https://www.umc.edu/news/News_Articles/2021/12/Jackson-Free-Clinic-Outreach.html
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Bi-monthly Jackson Free Clinic for underserved Hispanic people:
https://www.jacksonfreeclinic.org/espanol
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MIRA Article:
https://yourmira.org/2021/10/05/on-the-front-lines-during-the-pandemic/?fbclid=IwAR05bz1KFlQzo8n9okb06ZU2s0zDSMris7EWzb9nUoeGQY5O2qJsomN4Tkk
