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The Community-University Health Care Center recently partnered with the local non-profit organization WellShare International to provide COVID vaccinations for Minneapolis community members.

Every socioeconomic divide in our society shows up in our health care systems, and worse, in our health outcomes. An example is COVID-19, which has disproportionately impacted communities of color and those living in rural areas.

This spring, the University’s Mobile Health Initiative has held several COVID vaccination clinics and informational events around the Twin Cities.

Opeyemi (Opy) Adesida’s interest in mobile health stems back to her time spent as a physician in Nigeria.

Behind Dr. Roli Dwivedi’s desk is a world atlas. She keeps it close as a reminder that we are all human beings and share commonalities.

Launch of a truck outfitted with medical equipment and virtual reality technology to help experts attend to patients remotely for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).

What a year it has been. Our work together has helped alter the course of the pandemic in this state. We have demonstrated how quickly we can adapt, reconfigure, and reprioritize to meet the needs of our communities.

Published today in the EClinicalMedicine Journal, a study from the University of Minnesota found that the first four months of the Minnesota Mobile Resuscitation Consortium (MMRC) was 100% effective.

The cracks in our health care system are showing. COVID-19 has impacted all of us, but it has highlighted the disparities of health and care in Minnesota’s BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) and immigrant communities.

In an effort to increase access to medical care, the Community-University Health Care Center (CUHCC) recently held two mobile care clinics.