Last week, Georgia sent a delegation to Washington D.C. to speak to our elected officials about rural health issues in Georgia as part of the NRHA's Rural Health Policy Institute. The group met with Congressmen Sanford Bishop and Lynn Westmoreland along with staff from the office of Senator Saxby Chambliss and Congressmen, John Barrow and Austin Scott.
GRHA Members will be able to log onto our website, grhainfo.org//legislation.htm and view up to date Legislative Tracking Reports and other valuable information for the 2011 Legislative Session. We now have the 2011 Legislative Agenda on the website.
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The 2010 Georgia Public Health Rankings Report: An Interactive Tool for Comparing County and State Health Measurements
This report pulls together publicly available health data for Georgia's 159 counties into a system that makes it easy to pull county-specific reports and compare the health of any county with the rest of the state and the nation.
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Rural Health Day February 16, 2011
Georgia Rural Health Day is quickly approching. If you haven't already made plans to attend please do so. There is still time to sponsor a table for the event or help sponsor breakfast. Please call the GRHA office at 478-552-3620 or email Carole at clogue@grhainfo.org for more information. Deadline for registration for sponsorship is February 7, 2011.
Rural Health Clinic Conference
February 22, 2011
This conference is targeted for rural health clinics across our state. Please make plans to attend this conference. Visit our website and follow the link for registration.
Cardiovascular diseases, including stroke, are our nation;s No. 1 killer. To urge Americans to join the battle against these diseases, since 1963 Congress has required the president to proclaim February "American Heart Month." (Note this not "Heart Month" or "National Heart Month.")
The American Heart Association led initial efforts to develop Annual American Heart Month. During American Heart Month, thousands of our volunteers visit their neighbors. Their goal is to raise funds for research and education and pass along information about heart disease and stroke.
