College partners with local groups to vaccinate vulnerable communities
The College of Public Health will take a lead role in setting up COVID-19 vaccination sites in some of Philadelphia’s most vulnerable communities this spring and summer. With a grant from the City of Philadelphia, the College of Public Health is working with more than a dozen community organizations to give thousands of people in medically underserved neighborhoods easy, local access to vaccinations. In coming weeks, the college will provide trained staff to deliver vaccines and manage the sites, while offering resources to inform community residents about the vaccines, dispel...