Somali Community Health Forums to Focus on Measles
Columbus
Public Health
For
Thursday, May 18, 2017
Contact:
Jose Rodriguez
614-604-5025
[email protected]
Mitzi
Kline
614-374-1924
[email protected]
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Somali
Community Health Forums to Focus on Measles
Doctors,
Community Leaders and Public Health to Share Education about Preventable
Disease
WHAT:
Somali Community Health Forums
on Measles
WHO:
Columbus Public Health and Franklin County Public Health
WHEN:
Friday, May 19, 2017
6-7:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 20, 2017
2-3:30 p.m.
WHERE:
May 19 – Somali Community Association of Ohio, 4322 Cleveland
Ave.
May 20 – Abubakar
Assidiq Islamic Center, 591 Industrial Mile Rd.
DETAILS:
These free community discussions will give residents the opportunity to learn
about measles and how they can protect their families from this preventable
disease.
Measles is very contagious – and can make children so sick they have to go to
the hospital or even die. The measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine can prevent
the disease.
MMR vaccines are available from:
- Family
Doctors
- Nationwide
Children’s Hospital Primary Care Centers (614-722-6200)
- Franklin County Public Health (614-525-3719)
- Columbus
Public Health (614-645-7945)
- Heart
of Ohio Family Health Centers (614-416-4325 or 614-235-5555)
- Lower
Lights Christian Health Center (614-274-1455)
- Lutheran
Social Services (614-224-6617)
- PrimaryOne
Health Centers (614-645-5500)
- Southeast
Healthcare Services (614-225-0990 or 614-224-4850)
A full
list of provider locations is available at www.columbus.gov/measles.
There
is a measles outbreak in Minneapolis. Residents who are traveling there or
having visitors should be vaccinated before the visits.
MORE
INFO: For
more information on measles and the Somali Community Health
Forums,
visit
[email protected] or www.myfcph.org.
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