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This mobile clinic is bringing birth control to rural South Texas

IUDs and other hormonal implants require training to administer and are expensive to stock, making them hard to come by in rural Texas.

By Arielle Zionts, KFF Health News
The 40-foot-long UniMóvil — with two exam rooms, diagnostic equipment, and a lab — brings health care to rural communities in Texas' Rio Grande Valley.

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Nurse practitioner Angela Tanguma (right) and medical assistant Adriana Rojas (left) treat Ana Osario in the UniMóvil, a mobile clinic that serves Texas' rural Rio Grande Valley.

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