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Healthcare Vending Machines Installed Throughout Omaha

HIV testing kits in a vending machine in a university in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China.
Reuters
HIV testing kits in a vending machine in a university in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China.

Healthcare vending machines are installed in Omaha. The vending machines include STI and COVID test kits, condoms, pregnancy tests, wound care kits, emergency contraceptives and fentanyl test strips. The items are free. The machines are located at the Douglas County Health Department, American Dream bar, Nebraska Urban Indian Health Coalition, Charles B. Washington Library, and the Siena Francis House emergency shelter.