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National Urban League and Walgreens launch mobile health screening tour

MIAMI – The National Urban League and Walgreens have partnered to launch a nationwide, educational health screening bus tour. The tour will provide five FREE health screenings including; blood pressure, bone density, glucose/cholesterol and body mass index in 27 urban communities across the country as part of a 12-month mobile health campaign.

The Tour kicked-off in Miami following the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade.

In an effort to promote early detection and raise awareness of preventable diseases in urban communities. Many diseases can be detected through screenings long before any symptoms are noticed, which is why awareness is so important to remaining healthy.

Dates and locations for the mobile unit are:

January 19 11am-5pm The Net Office 1490 NW 3rd Ave, Miami, FL 33126

January 20 11am-5pm Charles Hadley Park 1300 NW 50th Street, Miami, FL 33150

January 22 11am-5pm The Net Office 1490 NW 3rd Ave, Miami, FL 33126

January 25 11am-5pm Covenant Palms Apts
8400 NW 25th Ave, Miami, FL 33147

January 26 11am-5pm Covenant Palms Apts
8400 NW 25th Ave, Miami, FL 33147

January 28 11am-5pm Walgreens Drugstore
7910 NW 27th Ave, Miami, FL 33147

January 29 11am-5pm Walgreens Drugstore 7910 NW 27th Ave, Miami, FL 33147

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