ATLAS Mobile Addiction Clinic
Client: UNC Addiction Medicine Program
About the Project
Every county in North Carolina has been affected by the opioid epidemic, but none more deeply than Robeson County. And although the UNC Addiction Medicine Program provides treatment to anyone struggling with substance use disorder, they are located in Chapel Hill, which is too far for many patients to access care. To address this issue, the UNCAMP decided to bring the treatment to where it was needed and created the ATLAS mobile treatment clinic. Once a week, UNCAMP staff drive two hours to Lumberton, N.C. and sets up a full-service addiction treatment clinic in the parking lot of the Department of Social Services. They partner with several local organization and physicians to try to provide treatment to as many patients as possible. This project was an overview of the program.
This project was our third collaboration with the UNC Addiction Medicine Program. We are constantly in awe of their tenacity and empathy while combating an incredibly complex disease. Their work very directly saves lives and we’ve been honored they’ve repeatedly trusted us to help tell their story. You can see other videos we’ve produced for the UNCAMP in the gallery below, including: an overview of the addiction medicine program, a promo of their fellowship program and a interview-based video addressing
