Category: District News Release
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Smokefree New Year
Planning ahead can help make your healthy resolution of a smokefree new year a reality.
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Make a date to vaccinate!
National Influenza (flu) Vaccination Week is December 8-14 and the Georgia Department of Public Health encourages Georgians to get their flu vaccine.
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MCG students define health disparities in south central Georgia
Fourteen students in the MD Program at the Medical College of Georgia participated in a class study recently investigating public health in south central Georgia.
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deepsouth – a HIV documentary
The award-winning documentary, “deepsouth”, will be screened in Howard Auditorium on November 21 at 6 pm at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College.
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Walmart Flu Clinics
Local health departments have partnered with Walmart throughout South Health District to have flu clinics in their facilities to ensure community members have easy access to flu vaccinations this year.
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Residents encouraged to have private wells tested
The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH), Chemical Hazards Program released a report this week that shows elevated levels of naturally occurring arsenic in some private wells in the ten counties of Public Health’s South Health District (District 8-1). Residents that use private wells as a source of drinking water are encouraged to have their…
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Obesity Levels Decrease Among Georgia Children
Once known as the state with the second most obese child population in the nation, Georgia now ranks 17th nationally, signaling a significant improvement in the health of Georgia’s children.