APCA provided free shingles vaccines to uninsured Asian community members

Asian Pacific Community in Action provided free shingles vaccines to uninsured community members at their new offices in Central Phoenix on Saturday, 1 August 2015. Shingles infections are caused by a virus and results in very a painful rash and blisters. People over 50 are especially at risk. In total 73 community members received shingles vaccinations, two dozen also received free hepatitis A and B virus vaccinations. Vaccines were provided by Maricopa County Public Health. APCA staff and medical interpreters provided in-language care in Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Hindi, Gujarati, and Korean. APCA provides training to bi-lingual community members interested in careers as medical interpreters. For more information please visit http://bit.ly/BBIHSEPT2015.