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Saline County Health Department reports disease surveillance, grant funding updates and preparedness work
Summary
The health department gave a June–August update covering the end of a measles outbreak, vaccine clinics, MCH funding, staffing needs, grant timing shifts and preparedness planning related to next summer's FIFA World Cup.
The Saline County Health Department presented a June–August report at the Sept. 2 commission meeting highlighting disease surveillance, immunization and grant developments.
Health staff reported the Kansas measles outbreak has been declared over and noted continuing infectious-disease monitoring and back-to-school immunization clinics; an October flu clinic is scheduled for Oct. 1. The department emphasized caution around bats as potential rabies vectors and pointed residents to an online risk assessment from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) for guidance on possible exposures.
The report described program activity across WIC, child-care licensing, home health and maternal…
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