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Executive Director Dr. Basim Khan was interviewed about how Neighborhood Health acted quickly to prioritize the lives and safety of its community members when the COVID-19 pandemic struck Northern Virginia.

Neighborhood Health’s Executive Director Dr. Basim Khan was interviewed by the Virginia Mercury for this article on the pediatric Covid-19 vaccine rollout in Virginia. The article features photos of a Neighborhood Health pop-up vaccine clinic at The Pavilion at Mark Center Apartments.

Neighborhood Health’s Executive Director Dr. Basim Khan joined WAMU 88.5’s Kojo Nnamdi in a Facebook Live panel discussion about disparities in our health care system and what is being done to address them.

WAMU 88.5 highlights Neighborhood Health’s work to provide primary medical care to newly arrived Afghan refugees in the Northern Virginia area.

Stuart Butler and Nehath S. Sheriff from The Brookings Institution for covering the organizations around the country working to meet the health care needs of newly arrived Afghan evacuees including Neighborhood Health.

Heather Graf from WJLA-TV highlights our partnership with Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, Catholic Charities Diocese of Arlington, and Ethiopian Community Development Council, Inc. to provide primary health care to newly arrived Afghan refugees in Northern Virginia.

“Our big challenge is that, while we have grown considerably over the recent years, the needs for our services continue to be high.” – Dr. Basim Khan, Executive Director Thank you to Nada Hassanein and USA Today for highlighting Neighborhood Health and the critical role that community health centers throughout the country play in providing primary health care to low-income communities to ensure health equity.

“Booster shots will save lives. But convincing the unvaccinated to get vaccinated will save even more lives.” Thank you to Jay Korff and WJLA – ABC7 news for highlighting Neighborhood Health’s continued outreach efforts to expand access to Covid-19 vaccines for marginalized communities in Northern Virginia.

Neighborhood Health, a non-profit federally qualified health center (FQHC) serving Alexandria, Arlington, and Fairfax County is providing primary care to newly arriving Afghan refugees in Northern Virginia. We are partnering with the three local resettlement organizations – Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Arlington – Migration and Refugee Services, Ethiopian Community Development Council, Inc., and Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service – to facilitate the entry of patients into ongoing care.

Few things are more critical to treating an illness than prescription medicines. Fortunately, there are effective medications today to help treat and stabilize most illnesses and chronic conditions. But most prescription medications are expensive, and they are beyond the reach of many of our uninsured and underinsured patients. Our low-income patients simply cannot afford the medications that are necessary to help keep them healthy.