DCGHD celebrates public health week
Staff report
DARKE COUNTY The Darke County General Health District is celebrating National Public Health Week throughout the first week in April and takes this time to recognize the contributions of public health and highlight issues that are important to improving our nation.
The theme for National Public Health Week 2021 is “Building Bridges to Better Health.”
Over the course of the week the Darke County General Health District will celebrate each day’s theme which includes, Monday: “Focus on rebuilding,” Tuesday: “Boost racial equity,” Wednesday: “Strengthening the community,” Thursday: “Motivate the pubic to understand the importance of climate justice,” Friday: “Establish COVID-19 resilience,” Saturday: “Uplifting mental health and wellness, and Sunday: “Elevating the essential health workforces.”
Phase 1B vaccine distribution continues in Darke County
Staff report
DARKE COUNTY The Darke County General Health District has partnered with Family Health, Wayne HealthCare, and Reid Hospital to get the COVID-19 vaccine out to the residents of Darke County.
Phase 1B vaccine distribution began on Thursday, January 21 and included individuals 80 years and older. So far, 1132 doses have been administered for ages 75 and over.
Because there is still a limit on the amount of vaccine being received, Thursday’s clinic will include vaccine for those individuals 75 years of age and older and those with a developmental or intellectual disability AND one following conditions: cerebralpalsy; spina bifida; congenital heart disease requiring hospitalization within the past year; severe type 1 diabetes requiring hospitalization within the past year; inherited metabolic disorders including phenylketonuria; severe neurological disorders including epilepsy, hydrocephaly, and microcephaly; sev
Darke County Phase 1B Vaccine distribution continues
Staff report
Pictured are Emily Hoisington, BSN, RN administering a dose of vaccine to a Darke County resident. The Darke County General Health District has partnered with Family Health, Wayne HealthCare, and Reid Hospital to get the COVID-19 vaccine out to the residents of Darke County.
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Pictured are Terrence L. Holman, Janet Steinbrunner, and Emily Hoisington with the Darke County Health Department, and Nicole Clearmont, Jared Pollick, and William Osterbur with Family Health Services attending COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic Planning Meeting.
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Pictured are Nicole Lefeld, RN, BSN and Janet Steinbrunner, RN. The clinic is planned to continue next week when more vaccine is delivered, and the Health Department will release this information to the public as it becomes available.
First vaccines administered at Wayne HealthCare
By Nathaniel Kubik - DarkeCountyMedia.com
Dr. Stephanie Buchanan, a surgeon at Wayne HealthCare, recieves her first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from Mandi Zwiesler, employee health nurse at Wayne.
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The Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. The Moderna vaccine is adminstered in two doses, with the second coming 28 days after the first.
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GREENVILLE The Moderna COVID-19 vaccine has arrived in Greenville. Staff at Wayne HealthCare were the first to receive the vaccination last Thursday morning.
The first small shipment of vaccines in Greenville comes as a part of Phase 1A of the vaccine distribution from the Ohio Department of Health (ODH). Phase 1A is focused primarily on, “high-risk healthcare providers and residents of congregate care facilities,” according to information provided by the ODH. The next phase of vaccinations, hopefully coming in the very near future, will focus on adults who are