Fifteen years after the 1998 state tobacco settlement, Georgia ranks 43rd in the nation in funding programs to prevent kids from smoking and help smokers quit, according to a national report released today by a coalition of public health organizations. Georgia currently spends $2.2 million a year on tobacco prevention and cessation programs, which is 1.9 percent of the ... Continue Reading
Navy Lt. Cmdr. Leah Brown Earns Bronze Star for Improving Care for Afghan Women
By Douglas H Stutz, Naval Hospital Bremerton Public Affairs The Tarin Kowt district of Afghanistan is mired in poverty, wracked by warfare, and beset by a host of concerns such as lack of available medical care. Lt. Cmdr. Leah Brown helped to alleviate some of that medical care shortage by providing direct patient-centered care to the local population during her time ... Continue Reading
Georgia Department of Community Health
The vision of Georgia's Department of Community Health is: provide health care benefits to over two million citizens under the Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids programs and the State Health Benefit Plan for our employees; pursue and correct fraud and abuse through our DCH Program Integrity unit; develop health policy through our Health Strategies Council; approve the ... Continue Reading
Georgia Division of Public Health
The Division of Public Health (DPH) is the lead agency entrusted by the people of the State of Georgia with the ultimate responsibility for the health of communities and the entire population. http://health.state.ga.us/ ... Continue Reading
