The Mobile Medical Unit was purchased through county-appropriated ARPA funding in 2020. The unit is in the form of a travel trailer that can be pulled from site to site, making it available to communities that may be inaccessible to care otherwise. It features interior equipment and furniture that is conducive to appropriate medical care, such as vast counter space, several areas for patient to sit for treatment and a private exam room. Since the COVID pandemic, the Mobile Medical Unit has been heavily utilized for on-site and off-site COVID testing and vaccination clinics. 

Duplin County Health Department serves all residents of Duplin County regardless of age, race, ethnicity, income, citizenship, and health insurance coverage. Our Mobile Medical Unit brings medical care to areas where the population has inadequate or no means of transportation. 

The Mobile Medical Unit helps with access to care barriers and allows us to meet and provide health services needed where our residents work or live. 

Due to staff turnover and funding, we have had the Mobile Medical Unit parked in all of 2023. However, we plan to utilize the Mobile Medical Unit beginning in 2024 to extend needed services (i.e. blood pressure and glucose checks, vaccinations, testing, medical evaluations, etc.) in the community, such as in mobile home parks or at our 9 local processing plants.