About the Guardian
The Guardian of Public Health is a monthly newsletter from the Bureau of EMS, Trauma, and Preparedness (BETP) within the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS). The Guardian aims to provide its readers with relevant content on topics that affect the public health of citizens and communities in Michigan. For questions or comments please contact Kerry Chamberlain at chamberlaink2@michigan.gov.
Macomb County Medical Reserve Corp Wins the National Health Security Award for Youth Engagement
Two Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) units—the Public Health
Reserve Corps of Seattle and King Counties in Washington, and the Macomb County
MRC in Michigan—along
with their health departments—were highlighted in NACCHO’s National Health Security
Strategy: How Local Health Departments are Making a Difference video. The
video features recipients of the National Health Security Award, which was
created by NACCHO and ASPR to recognize the
contributions of three local health departments working to improve health
security in their communities. For more
information about the award, visit NACCHO’s
Awards page. To learn more about the National Health Security Strategy and
Implementation Plan, visit the ASPR website.
Michigan Environmental Public Health Tracking Program
Martha Stanbury - Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Environmental Health
The
Michigan Environmental Public Health Tracking Program’s (MiTracking) interactive
web portal will be soon be available for health and environment data
exploration, visualization, and analysis to help understand environmental
exposures and health. The focus of MiTracking is to provide Michigan-specific,
integrated health and environmental data in an easy-to-use public data portal.
Development of the data portal is expected to be completed this fall. Statewide
and county data will soon be available as tables, charts, and maps! Anyone who
would like to learn more about the program or participate in beta testing of
the portal can contact the MiTracking Program Manager, Jill Roos, roosj@michigan.gov. For more information on the National
Environmental Public Health Tracking Network, visit the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s Tracking website.
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Flint Rash Investigation Report
On April 25, 2014 the City of Flint, Michigan switched its drinking water source from Lake Huron to the Flint River. While the primary focus of public health response to the ensuing Flint Water Crisis has been on the elevated lead levels resulting from the lack of corrosion control, general concerns about overall water quality and whether the water was responsible for skin rashes have been major health concerns of Flint residents.
As part of the federal response to the Flint Water Crisis, the Unified Coordination Group (UCG), a collaboration between local, state and federal health and environmental agencies lead by the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), supported an investigation to assess whether Flint water might be associated with the rashes experienced by some community residents.
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