The APPNA Mobile Health Clinic Project first began in 2017. The funding for this project was secured through APPNA’s sponsors and revenue generated from the Meetings in 2017 with a final approval during the Fall Council Meeting.
APPNA has been in collaboration with ICNA Relief, a non-profit organization, since 2017. ICNA Relief maintains the infrastructure and volunteer network.
The first Mobile Health Clinic was inaugurated in Baltimore, MD on March 31st, 2017. The Mercedes Sprinter van, which was converted to a portable outpatient doctor’s office complete with triage space, medical equipment, and a sink is based in the Baltimore area serving the uninsured. This Mobile Health Clinic also travels throughout the Northeast region to offer assistance to other communities.
During a Community Health Fair between APPNA and ICNA Relief on June 2nd, 2018, 28 mostly local indigent Kurdish refugees received free blood pressure screenings, BMI, blood glucose, lipid panels, HgbA1c testing, and dietary counseling through the Mobile Health Clinic.
The Mobile Health Clinics are stationed where the need is including Texas, Florida, and the Northeast. The two Mobile Health Clinics are now primarily stationed in Dallas, TX and Southern Florida. The goals of the Mobile Health Clinics are to be used for emergency disaster relief as well as a free health clinic during times of peace.
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Free Services Provided
- Lipid Panel Testing
- Blood Pressure Screening
- Blood Sugar Testing
- BMI (Body Mass Index)
- Onsite
Physician Counseling - Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) Testing For Diabetes
Key Contacts
- Dr. Mohammad Uzair – muzair@icnarelief.org
- Dr. Babar Rao – babarrao@gmail.com
- Dr. Sajid Chaudhary – sajid_chaudhary@yahoo.com
Upcoming Events
- 10/27/19 Mosely, VA
Past Events
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- 10/05/19 Chicago, IL
- 10/12/19 Westmont, IL
- 10/13/19 Ellyn, IL
- 10/18/19 Union City, NJ
- 10/19/19 Waukegan, IL
- 10/20/19 Skokie, IL
- 10/20/19 Trenton, NJ
- 03/16/19 Muslim Academy of Greater Orlando
- 03/26/19 Manhattan, NY
- 03/30 Hamza Masjid Long Island, NY
- 03/31/19 Islamic Center of East Texas (Lufkin)
- 04/21/19 ICNA Masjid Alexandria, VA
- 04/27/19 Boston, MA
- 03/01/19 Turkish Masjid, NY
- 10/12/18 Health Fair in Houston, TX
- 10/13/18 National Healthcare Day in Southwest Houston, TX
- 10/13/18 National Healthcare Day in Southeast Houston, TX
- 10/13/18 National Healthcare Day in New Caney, TX
- 10/21/18 Health Fair in Denton, TX
- 8/5/18 Health Fair in Hagerstown, MD
- 7/1/18 Health Fair in Union City, NJ
- 7/14/18 Health Fair in Baltimore, MD
- 7/22/18 Health Fair in Silver Spring, MD
- 6/30/18 Health Fair in King of Prussia, PA
- 06/23/18 Health Fair in Paterson, NJ
- 06/9/18 – Health Fair in Brooklyn, NY
- 06/09/18 – Health Fair in Plano, TX
- 03/31/18 – Inauguration in Baltimore, MD
“We have free mobile clinics in different regions of the U.S. — the Northeast, Midwest, South and West — and these vans drive around their regions serving low-income and uninsured individuals free of cost,” said Muhammad Uzair, Director of ICNA Relief’s Free Clinics programs.
“This allows us to complement our colleagues in the Disaster Relief program so that God forbid, if there’s ever a disaster, they have a mobile clinic somewhere in their region that can be quickly deployed to attend to the sick and injured,” Uzair said.