PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A Phoenix-based outreach organization is partnering with a mobile medical clinic to bring health services directly to neighborhoods across the city, including HIV testing and health education.
As Phoenix experiences another record-breaking summer, advocates said getting to a doctor’s office can be a barrier for anyone without stable housing, reliable transportation, or air conditioning.
A gap in access
Spectrum Medical Care Center’s mobile outreach clinic was built to address that gap. The mobile unit delivers HIV testing, PrEP consultations and sexual health education straight to Phoenix neighborhoods, community gatherings and heat relief sites. Rather than requiring underserved groups to travel through extreme heat, the clinic comes directly to them.
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