Free Back-To-School Immunizations and Low-Cost Physical Exams For Uninsured Children
August 9 2021 – Broward Health Community Health Services is offering free immunizations and low-cost physical exams at two community health centers during Mobilize to Immunize.
Caregivers at Community Health Services will provide immunizations against infectious diseases such as whooping cough, measles, mumps, rubella, influenza, Hepatitis B and polio. Immunizations prevent dangerous sometimes life-threatening diseases, such as chickenpox, diphtheria, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, HPV, IPV, measles, meningitis, mumps, whooping cough, pneumonia, polio, rubella and tetanus.
“Obtaining a school physical and immunizing your child is one of the best things you can do to safeguard their health,” said Margaret Lott, M.D., pediatrics, Broward Health Physician Group. “This free vaccination program offers, in many cases, lifesaving care to some of our most vulnerable children.”
Free immunizations and $30 school physicals are available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., through August 13, at the following locations:
- Cora E. Braynon Family Health Center, 200 NW Seventh Ave., Fort Lauderdale
- Broward Health Pompano Pediatric Primary Care Center, 601 W. Atlantic Blvd., Pompano Beach
To schedule an appointment, please call 954-302-3935 or visit browardhealth.org.
Free immunizations are available for children 4-18 years old who are uninsured, American Indian or Alaskan native or Medicaid enrolled patients. A parent or legal guardian must be present and have the child’s immunization record. Please bring the child’s current 680 immunization form to be updated. Privately insured children must see their assigned pediatrician to obtain their vaccine.
About Broward Health
Broward Health, providing service for more than 80 years, is a nationally recognized system in South Florida that offers world-class healthcare to all. The Broward Health system includes the statutory teaching hospital Broward Health Medical Center, Broward Health North, Broward Health Imperial Point, Broward Health Coral Springs, Salah Foundation Children’s Hospital, Broward Health Weston, Broward Health Community Health Services, Broward Health Physician Group, Broward Health Urgent Care, Broward Health International, and Broward Health Foundation. For more information, visit BrowardHealth.org.