South Health District

Ben Hill County Health Department will host a drive thru flu clinic as an emergency preparedness exercise on Monday, December 2 from 9 am to noon.

The award-winning documentary, “deepsouth”, will be screened in Howard Auditorium on November 21 at 6 pm at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College.

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.

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 water tested to see if the well has an elevated level of arsenic.

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.