Becker's Healthcare February 23, 2022
Naomi Diaz

Eighty percent of the COVID-19 vaccines Walmart has administered have been in medically underserved communities.

The retail giant released a one-year look into its COVID-19 vaccination efforts on Feb. 23 and shared the tools the company used to make vaccination information and appointments available to all communities.

Here are four tools Walmart used to bolster vaccinations rates in underserved communities:

1. Tailored messaging

Walmart customized its messaging to match the needs of each community it was trying to reach. For example, Walmart translated its COVID-19 information into multiple languages for patients in its physical...

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