In South Tucson, the housing authority hosted its annual health fair. Organizers coordinated with 28 vendors to make several resources accessible to the community.
“We have mobiles with doctors and nurses from Zion city. We have them providing some physicals, some vitals,” said Irma Gonzalez, the Director of the South Tucson Housing Authority.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a study from 2023 found 24% of noninstitutionalized adults 65 and older described having fair or poor health…