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Vermont health commissioner outlines priorities on vaccines, substance use, EMS and reproductive care
Summary
New Health Commissioner Raquel Debrant told the House Appropriations Committee Dec. 16 that preserving public trust, monitoring vaccination rates, addressing rising stimulant use, improving EMS payment models and protecting reproductive health access are top department priorities.
Raquel Debrant, the new commissioner at the Vermont Department of Health, opened her first House Appropriations Committee appearance Dec. 16 by describing her clinical background and immediate priorities for the department. "My name is Raquel Debrant. I am an internal medicine trained hospitalist," she said in presenting her goals and the agency's mission.
Debrant framed the department’s mission around equity and a four-part public-health approach: detect, connect, prevent and respond. She used a recent pertussis (whooping cough) cluster in a Washington County school as a concrete example of the department’s response: alerting providers, supplying school resources and ensuring vaccine access for under‑vaccinated people.
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