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Burke County Health Department reports lower infectious disease, wins awards and expands partnerships
Summary
Health Director Danny Scalise reported declines in hepatitis A and other communicable diseases, improved WIC outcomes with increased federal benefit circulation, faster vital-record turnaround, and several awards and partnerships; staff recruitment and environmental health inspection backlogs were discussed.
Health Director Danny Scalise presented the health department’s quarterly operations report on Jan. 7, highlighting declines in hepatitis A cases and other communicable diseases and several programmatic accomplishments.
Scalise said county hepatitis A rates dropped from a high that previously ranked Burke among the state’s worst to effectively near zero, attributing improvements to harm‑reduction and health‑education efforts. He reported declines in ED overdose visits and a reduction in overdose deaths. Scalise also noted WIC performance improvements, including a…
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