DPH Southwest Health District partners with CORE to offer vaccine opportunities Southwest Health District Administrative Building (Source: WALB) By Krista Monk | May 3, 2021 at 6:37 PM EDT - Updated May 3 at 6:37 PM ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - The Georgia Department of Public Healthâs (DPH) Southwest Health District has partnered with CORE to additional vaccine opportunities for area residents, according to a press release from DPH. âCORE (Community Organized Relief Effort) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and strengthening communities affected by or vulnerable to crisis. CORE has been working on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic since March 2020 and has the operational and logistical know-how to reach marginalized and vulnerable communities. CORE has administered over five million COVID-19 tests and one million COVID-19 vaccines. Currently, CORE GA is working to bring mobile vaccine units to increase COVID-19 vaccine access in South-Central Georgia,â the press release reads.