health
May 1, 2026
Mobile Clinics: Health, Life, and Hope for Our People
Mobile clinics of the Ministry of Health began in 2016 as a service modality aimed at bringing care closer to neighborhoods and communities, allowing our people to receive medical assistance.
TL;DR
- Mobile clinics were launched in 2016 to bring specialized medical care to neighborhoods and communities.
- The program began with 10 donated clinics from Venezuela and the conversion of 41 trailers into medical units.
- A law in 2017 institutionalized the National Center for Mobile Health Clinics.
- Unit sizes were modified in 2020 to access areas with previously limited presence.
- By December 2025, over 1.3 million families had been attended to across thousands of neighborhoods and communities.
- In one week in March/April 2026, nearly 145,000 families received services.
- The clinics provide general medicine, dental services, and specialized studies like ultrasounds and mammograms.
- Rosario Murillo stated that the clinics serve at least 58,000 people weekly nationwide.