The Taney County Well being Division celebrated the Nationwide Public Well being Week by sharing the various methods by which the division was in a position to assist the group in 2024.
The division highlighted the varied methods by which they serve the group, from packages for particular conditions, to supply common well being safety for the group on the whole.
“Good group well being usually begins along with her native public well being division,” stated Taney County Division of Well being, Lisa Marshall. “Our devoted staff works behind the scene to maintain Taney wholesome and protected. We’re pleased with our work every single day, however particularly throughout the Nationwide Public Well being Week.”
The division reported in 2024, served 16,967 ladies, infants and kids by means of the WIC Vitamin Program, serving to to supply a wholesome begin for youngsters. The TCHD Ladies’s Well being Program additionally offered important well being providers for 188 ladies.
The spotlight cited by the division was to coach greater than 1,000 folks within the query, persuade, refer this system, which teaches folks methods to monitor the indicators that somebody is contemplating suicide and helps them obtain psychological well being remedy.
All through the group, the division carried out 576 water pattern assessments to make sure that there have been no water -transmitted shoots outbreaks and carried out 1,856 well being inspections of native corporations to guard from meals transmitted ailments.
