Thirty years ago, Dr. Jim Withers began walking Pittsburgh’s alleys and bridges at night to treat people who would never make it to a clinic. His street medicine model has since spread to over 200 cities on six continents.
A quarter century in, John Muir Health’s Mobile Health Clinic keeps bringing free primary care, mental health support, and vaccinations straight to Contra Costa County’s uninsured and underserved, wherever they are.
Ascension Wisconsin and Outreach Community Health Centers have launched a mobile health clinic bringing preventive and acute care directly to underserved Milwaukee neighborhoods, including the homeless, building on both organizations’ decades-long commitment to serving the city’s most vulnerable residents.
Andrew Kiranto is a nurse on the Health Wagon, which brings local health care to Maasai communities in Kajiado South County, Kenya. From Direct Relief.
When Sudan’s war shattered medical supply chains, patients with hemophilia, diabetes, and kidney disease began dying for lack of specialty medicines. Direct Relief, working with MedGlobal and other partners, is delivering clotting factor, insulin, dialysis support, and more to reach these neglected patients.