Mobile Vaccination Clinics: Free and Low-Cost Vaccinations for Children

By admin, on August 17th, 2012

Don’t look now, but it’s already August, and Back to School is around the corner. Have your kids been vaccinated for their return to school? Before your kids get exposed to a whole new round of potential diseases, don’t forget to make sure all their vaccines are up to date.

Fortunately, many hospitals, churches and other organizations have organized mobile immunization clinics to help you get your kids vaccinated quickly, conveniently and inexpensively. Mobile immunization clinics bring vaccines to your neighborhood to help families get their kids immunized with as little fuss as possible. In addition, many mobile immunization clinics priotize taking care of underserved, low-income families, the uninsured, and non-English speakers.

This is by no means an exhaustive list of mobile immunization clinics, but here are some that we know of:

Children’s Medical Center of New York Pediatric Mobile Van (New York, New York)

Georgetown Kids Mobile Medical Care Unit (Washington, D.C.)

Greater New Orleans Mobile Immunization Units (New Orleans, Louisiana)

Kerry’s Kids-Mobile Healthcare For Children (San Francisco, California)

The Partners In Care Care-A-Van (Antelope Valley and Eastern Kern County, California)

Ronald McDonald Children’s Hospital Pediatric Mobile Health Unit (Maywood, Illinois)

San Joaquiin Community Hospital-Children’s Mobile Immunization Program (Bakersfield, California)

Texas Children’s Hospital Mobile Clinic Outreach (Houston, Texas)

Tulare County Immunization Clinic (Tulare County, California)

Do you know of other mobile immunization clinics we can add to our list? Tell us about it at the MyHealthCafe.com Forums.