Columbus Health Department Leads Effort to Close Healthcare Gap

Getting an annual health screening is an important way to detect an illness early and take action to improve your health. Although getting screened is vital to taking charge of your health, there are many people who are not able to do so due to a lack of finances and resources. Recognizing this need, the medical community in Columbus, Ga. came together more than 11 years ago to offer free annual health screenings to the medically underserved in Columbus.

Since that time, the Annual Health Expo has seen more than 12,000 people and provided over 51,900 health screenings at no cost to the participant. In addition to the health screenings, all abnormal tests are followed, tracked and monitored by the Columbus Department of Public Health for two years. A detailed evaluation is completed each year and made available to all screening providers and sponsors. This evaluation includes valuable information regarding the demographics of the population served as well as a complete detailed listing of all 40 health screenings offered.

Providers and sponsors of the Annual Health Expo include the West Central Health District, Columbus Department of Public Health, Columbus Regional Medical Center, St. Francis Hospital, Doctors Hospital, Hughston Hospital, WTVM-News Leader 9, AFLAC, W.C. Bradley Co., Muscogee County Medical Society, Muscogee County Medical Alliance, and the Live Healthy Columbus Coalition. We will celebrate our 12th anniversary expo on February 4, 2012 at the Columbus Convention and Trade Center in Columbus, Ga.


-Story by Jack Lockwood, Deputy Public Information Office, West Central Health District, District 7-0

Home | Flu Campaign | District Wins EPA Award | Hands Making You Sick? | Columbus Closes Gap | Dental Hygiene | Staying Fit as We Age | Armies of Germs | PHBRIEFS | PHRECIPE | PHTRAINING |  PHEVENTS | PHNEWS | PHPOLL