South Omaha Sprints on Vaccines as Small-Town Nebraska Lags

One World, perhaps more than any other health provider in Nebraska, has made vaccination as quick, easy and omnipresent as possible to the residents in three South Omaha ZIP codes. It has thrown time, money, creativity and sweat equity at a problem vexing this country: How do you convince a sizable chunk of residents, many of them dubious and some downright hostile, to get a vaccine proven to minimize severe illness and death?

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