Unidos en Salud
United in HealthAn Academic-Community-City Partnership
Service and ScienceThis spring and summer we have resumed our monthly Healthy First Fridays program, continuing through August 2025. We offer free rapid testing for COVID-19, HIV, and diabetes; blood pressure checks; COVID home test kits; and health insurance assistance.
Esta primavera y verano hemos reanudado nuestro programa mensual Healthy First Fridays, que continuará hasta agosto de 2025. Ofrecemos pruebas rápidas gratuitas para COVID-19, VIH y diabetes; controles de presión arterial; kits de pruebas caseras de COVID; y asistencia de seguro médico.
All testing services are free of charge
Todos los servicios de prueba son gratuitos.
Programa Primeros Viernes Saludables
Estaremos abiertos para servicios de exámenes de salud los viernes de 9 am a 3:45 pm en las siguientes fechas:
7 de marzo, 4 de abril, 2 de mayo, 6 de junio, 11 de julio, 1 de agosto
Healthy First Fridays Program
We will be open for health screening services on Fridays from 9am to 3:45pm on the following dates:
March 7, April 4, May 2, June 6, July 11, August 1
Since April 2020, we have provided over 106,000 COVID tests and administered over 80,000 COVID, flu and mpox vaccinations.
Thank you for your support.
White House welcomes Unidos en Salud
Article by Annika Hom for Mission Local
“[Unidos en Salud] joined 15 other hyperlocal groups to share community-led health solutions at the White House’s Covid-19 Equity and What Works Showcase.
The Unidos en Salud site, now located on 24th and Capp streets, has scaled up to become what Rojas calls a health “surveillance site.” As it was the only of its kind in the conference, it generated lots of hubbub.
“Everyone who gets tested positive gets sequenced, so we can understand what variant is happening in our community,” Rojas said. “Instead of trying to guess or waiting for the city to come out and say, ‘this is Delta [variant],’ we are informing the city.”
Governor Gavin Newsom speaks to the media at the vaccine clinic at Unidos en Salud in San Francisco’s Mission District to promote COVID-19 booster shots to everyone 18 and older.. San Francisco. November 14, 2021.
Lillian Butterfoss (9) receives her first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a Unidos En Salud community vaccination and testing site located in San Francisco's Mission District on 24th Mission and Shotwell. San Francisco. November 14, 2021. Photo by Mike Kai Chen.
James Duke Butterfoss (6) receives his first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a Unidos En Salud community vaccination and testing site located in San Francisco's Mission District on 24th Mission and Shotwell. San Francisco. November 14, 2021. Photo by Mike Kai Chen.
James Duke Butterfoss (6) and his sister Lillian Butterfoss (9) receive prizes after getting their first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a Unidos En Salud community vaccination and testing site located in San Francisco's Mission District on 24th Mission and Shotwell. San Francisco. November 14, 2021. Photo by Mike Kai Chen
Angie Aguilar (9) receives her first dose of the Pfizer vaccine while holding hands with her mother Mohabita Aguilar at a Unidos En Salud community vaccination and testing site located in San Francisco's Mission District on 24th Mission and Shotwell. San Francisco. November 14, 2021. Photo by Mike Kai Chen
Bedilu Butsunturn (11) plays with a "covid virus" pinata before receiving his first dose of the Pfizer vaccine with his father Chaat Butsunturn at a Unidos En Salud community vaccination and testing site located in San Francisco's Mission District on 24th Mission and Shotwell. San Francisco. November 14, 2021. Photo by Mike Kai Chen
Bedilu Butsunturn (11) accompanied by his father Chaat Butsunturn (L) receives his first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine administered by his mother Bekah Dodd (R), a Phlebotomist with BayPLS, at a Unidos En Salud community vaccination and testing site located in San Francisco's Mission District on 24th Mission and Shotwell. San Francisco. November 14, 2021. Photo by Mike Kai Chen.
Bedilu Butsunturn (11) accompanied by his father Chaat Butsunturn (L) receives his first dose of the Pfizer vaccine administered by his mother Bekah Dodd (R), a Phlebotomist with BayPLS, at a Unidos En Salud community vaccination and testing site located in San Francisco's Mission District on 24th Mission and Shotwell. Photo by Mike Kai Chen
Scarlet Ortiz (11) receives her first dose of the Pfizer vaccine at a Unidos En Salud community vaccination and testing site located in San Francisco's Mission District on 24th Mission and Shotwell. November 14, 2021. Photo by Mike Kai Chen.
San Francisco Mission residents and their children wait in line at a Unidos En Salud community vaccination and testing site located in San Francisco's Mission District on 24th Mission and Shotwell. Photo by Mike Kai Chen
Samantha Castaneda (10) receives her first dose of the Pfizer vaccine while her father Carlos and brother watch at a Unidos En Salud community vaccination and testing site located in San Francisco's Mission District on 24th Mission and Shotwell. San Francisco. November 14, 2021. Photo by Mike Kai Chen.
Bradly Aguilar (9) receives his first dose of the Pfizer vaccine while holding hands with her mother Mohabita Aguilar at a Unidos En Salud community vaccination and testing site located in San Francisco's Mission District on 24th Mission and Shotwell. San Francisco. November 14, 2021. Photo by Mike Kai Chen
Robert Neal (7), accompanied by his mother Tuyen Hoang, prepares to receive his first dose of the Pfizer vaccine at a Unidos En Salud community vaccination and testing site located in San Francisco's Mission District on 24th Mission and Shotwell. San Francisco. November 14, 2021. Photo by Mike Kai Chen
Our Services
All testing and vaccine services remain free for everyone
Vaccines - available in fall 2025
COVID-19 vaccines
Flu vaccines - 6 months and up
Testing
COVID-19 testing
Diabetes - Glucose or A1C testing
HIV testing
Blood pressure checks
In addition to testing and vaccine services, we offer free COVID-19 home test kits and free Narcan medication which can help reverse an overdose from opioid drugs such as fentanyl and heroin.
Nuestros Servicios
Todos los servicios de pruebas y vacunas siguen siendo gratuitos para todos
Vacunas - disponible en otoño de 2025
Vacuna COVID-19
Vacunas contra la gripe - 6 meses en adelante
Pruebas
Pruebas de COVID-19
Prueba de VIH
Diabetes - Prueba aleatoria de azúcar en sangre o A1C
Controles de presión arterial
Además de los servicios de pruebas y vacunas, ofrecemos kits de pruebas caseras de COVID-19 gratuitos y medicamentos Narcan gratuitos que pueden ayudar a revertir una sobredosis de drogas opioides como el fentanilo y la heroína.
Our Vision
Reduce COVID and resipiratory virus transmission and improve lives and livelihoods in communities most impacted by these diseases due to health disparities through low-barrier, community-based vaccination and test, respond, and treatment services.
The Issue
COVID-19 and respiratory viruses disproportionately effect communities of color across the nation
In San Francisco at the onset of the pandemic, LatinX members made up roughly 50% of COVID-19 cases, despite being 15% of the population due to longstanding health inequities.
Low-barrier access to vaccination, testing, treatment and care are instrumental in curbing the pandemic
Our Mission
Advancing access and effectiveness to COVID and respiratory virus test-and-response services and vaccines
With our partners, we provide free, low-barrier COVID-19 and respiratory virus vaccination and test, response and treatment services that inform policy changes to address real-life conditions faced by vulnerable populations.
We are also conducting surveillance for new COVID variants to inform public health policy in our community.
Our Impact
Since April 2020, we have provided COVID test, response, and treatment services to over 106,000 people through the United in Health/Unidos en Salud initiative in the Mission, Bayview, Sunnydale, Tenderloin, Excelsior and Visitacion Valley districts in San Francisco. In the Mission District, we have distributed over 80,000 COVID vaccinations at our 24th and Capp St. COVID vaccination site.
Our studies have directly lead to the “Right to Recover” program in San Francisco, which provided support for families affected by COVID-19 who experienced financial hardship due to isolation/quarantine during the earliear phase of the pandemic.
Since February 2021, we have been providing free vaccinations, treatment, and rapid test and response services for COVID and viral respiratory diseases to members of the Mission District community of San Francisco.
Testing site entrance is at 24th & Capp St.
Participants will receive their results by the end of the day. Learn more here.
Rapid testing at the 24th & Mission BART Station. Rapid test site is now located at 24th & Lilac. Photo by Mike Kai Chen.
Silvana Farron helping her 92 year old mother Ana Garcia wait in the observation tent area at the UCSF COVID-19 vaccination site at 24th St and Mission in San Francisco. Photo by Maurice Ramirez.