The Mississippi State Department of Health is joining agencies and organizations across the country in recognizing National Public Health Week from April 6-12.
According to MSDH, the observance highlights the important role public health professionals play in protecting and improving the health of communities across the state.
The department said public health workers, including nurses, physicians, epidemiologists, inspectors and community health workers, make an impact in every part of Mississippi.
Throughout the week, MSDH said it will highlight a number of services that support Mississippi families each day. Those include perinatal and infant services, child and adolescent services, adult health, vital records and statistics, regulatory services, WIC, communicable disease prevention, county health departments, rural health and physician workforce programs, EMS and acute care systems, the opioid and substance use program, epidemiology and the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Program.
MSDH is encouraging the public to follow along through the MSDH Healthy Mobile App and on its website for updates during the week.
