South Health District News
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Safe Sleep Saves Lives Dinner Sheds Light on Infant Mortality, Promotes Safe Sleep Practices
VALDOSTA – To highlight the importance of addressing the issue of infant mortality and infant sleep related deaths, the Lowndes County Child Fatality Review Committee and South Health District’s Baby […] Continue Reading
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Public Health and ABAC Host Second Annual Health Equity Summit
TIFTON – For the second year in a row, the Georgia Department of Public Health’s South Health District in conjunction with Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College are proud to host the […] Continue Reading
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Community Health and Resource Day Coming to Nashville
Nashville, GA – The Georgia Department of Public Health’s South Health District is excited to offer a Community Health and Resource Day on February 22, from 10 AM to 4 […] Continue Reading
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Updated Hahira and Lake Park Clinic Hours
Attention Hahira and Lake Park: Beginning the week of February 19, the Hahira and Lake Park Clinics will temporarily be open one day each week. Hahira will be open every […] Continue Reading
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All South Health District Counties Awarded Car Seat Mini Grant
Awarded Car Seat Mini Grant Buckle Up Right, Every Trip, Every Time VALDOSTA – All 10 of South Health District’s health departments have been awarded the 2024 Car Seat Mini-Grant […] Continue Reading
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Mpox Caused by Human-to-Human Transmission of Monkeypox Virus with Geographic Spread in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Summary The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issuing this Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory to notify clinicians and health departments about the occurrence, geographic spread, and […] Continue Reading
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Salmonella Infections from Pre-cut Cantaloupe
At least five Georgians sickened. ATLANTA – The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) is urging Georgians to be cautious about eating pre-cut cantaloupe if they cannot verify its source. […] Continue Reading
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Help protect yourself and your family this holiday season
The holiday season is here. That means more time to spend with your family and friends. However, it also can mean the spread of flu and its potentially serious outcomes, […] Continue Reading
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Baby LUV Hosts Babies 1st Birthday Celebration
Since the inception of the Baby LUV/PAT Program in 2008, the program has hosted a Babies 1st Birthday Celebration to recognize all of the babies within the program that have survived […] Continue Reading
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World AIDS Day 2023
Knowledge Key To Ending Stigma ‘For the Culture’ Valdosta, GA –World AIDS Day is observed on December 1 each year. It is a day of solidarity for people around the […] Continue Reading