South Health District

Lowndes County News

National HIV testing day events planned

VALDOSTA – According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about 1.1 million people in the United States have HIV. Of those 1.1 million, approximately one in eight of […]

Free wellness clinic offered at Valdosta Mall

VALDOSTA – The Georgia Department of Public Health’s South Health District is offering a free wellness clinic March 23 in partnership with the Valdosta Mall. During the wellness clinic the […]

Fast-Track and FREE Flu Shots Offered

Health departments in Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Cook, Echols, Irwin, Lanier, Lowndes, Tift and Turner Counties will begin offering FREE flu shots to uninsured adults tomorrow, January 30, while supplies last.

Georgia Counties Share Car Seat Mini Grants

Ben Hill, Lowndes and Tift County Health Departments received the car seat mini grant in South Health District.

Baby LUV continues Healthcare Georgia Foundation Grantwork

Baby LUV received a grant to continue their work to improve birth outcomes in Lowndes County.

Lowndes County BOH Receives Healthcare Georgia Foundation Grant

The Lowndes County BOH was awarded a grant to continue working to improve birth outcomes among the “highest of the high risk” African American women in Lowndes County.

Health departments receive car seat mini-grants

Ben Hill, Cook, Echols, Lowndes and Tift County Health Departments were awarded the 2014 Car Seat Mini-Grant by the Georgia Department of Public Health, Injury Prevention Program.