Vaccinations for the local refugee population
A vaccination pod was held at the Center in Downtown Utica earlier today, and it was just for refugees.
Posted: Mar 12, 2021 5:53 PM
Updated: Mar 12, 2021 6:03 PM
Posted By: Kirk Tupaj
There are at least 42 different languages spoken throughout the City of Utica, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise how confusing it can be to translate ever changing information concerning the pandemic. For local refugees it’s even more confusing when the information is coming from multiple sources. Shelly Callahan is the Executive Director of the Center. We’ve had to refine our messaging, and really address all those sorts of concerns that people have because our folks listen to news and news sources not only locally, but nationally, and internationally.
Congressman Fred Upton during a live WKZO debate on 9/28/20. (Photo by Jeana Gondek)
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) U.S. Rep. Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, announced Tuesday that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is providing nearly $500,000 in grant funding to two southwest Michigan health centers: Intercare Community Health Network in Bangor and Family Health Center, Inc. in Kalamazoo.
HHS is awarding funding to 496 health centers across the country, including 13 total in Michigan.
These awards are part of the National Hypertension Control Initiative: Addressing Disparities among Racial and Ethnic Minority Populations (HTN Initiative), a partnership between HHSâ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and the HHS Office of Minority Health (OMH).