{"id":60492,"date":"2017-11-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2017\/11\/07\/unmc-students-to-provide-education-services-during-refugee-health-fair\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T20:02:06","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T01:02:06","slug":"unmc-students-to-provide-education-services-during-refugee-health-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2017\/11\/07\/unmc-students-to-provide-education-services-during-refugee-health-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"UNMC students to provide education, services during Refugee Health Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>The biannual Refugee Health Fair will be held Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Benson High School, 5120 Maple St. The fair is hosted by Bridge to Care, a University of Nebraska Medical Center student-led interprofessional organization focused on refugee health.<\/p>\n<p>UNMC students representing all colleges will work alongside 25 student groups and community vendors to provide health education, screenings, and services to up to 500 Sudanese, Somali, Karen and Bhutanese refugees.<\/p>\n<p>Free services will include flu immunizations as well as vision, dental and blood pressure and glucose level screenings. 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