The Wyss Foundation has announced a $3.1 million grant to Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health in support of the Hansjörg Wyss Wellness Center.

The center works to deliver quality health care and social services to Philadelphia’s immigrant and refugee populations. Based in South Philadelphia, the Wyss Wellness Center provides comprehensive and culturally competent primary care regardless of a patient’s health insurance or citizenship status.

“Immigrants and refugees are facing unprecedented challenges today, and receiving health care shouldn’t be another barrier to overcome,” said Marc Altshuler, a professor and physician of family and community medicine at Jefferson and clinical leader of the Hansjörg Wyss Wellness Center. “Through the generosity of the Wyss Foundation, this center is addressing the health disparities that have plagued these patient populations for far too long.”

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