nyx mir#Guam’s Mayor of Inalåhan wants residents to know its Community Health Centers anre open to ALL residents regardless of income, accept all insurance types. These centers are closer, and don’t require driving north to the island’s larger hospitals.
People often skip care altogether, including prenatal care, because access to the Northern Medical Centers is so difficult.
A Community Health Center caring for more patients increases access to grants, which could allow them to reopen their dentistry & pharmacy offerings. This would further help with health equity for folks in the Inalåhan area.
‘ “It’s been a very long-standing stigma that public health [centers] is only for the poor, and that’s not the case anymore,” [Mayor] Chargualaf said. ’
There’s a town hall Tuesday night & mini health fair for more information:
#InternationalHealth #Inalåhan #Micronesia #Medicare #Medicaid
Headlines Africa
Vermont Citizen Scientist
Matt Hodgkinson
AlexCrimi
David Simons
Gina Catena MS, NP, CNM