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Congratulations go to Douglas County Health Department for
receiving Primary Accreditation! Douglas County, a small rural health
department is the first health department to receive 100% in all three
categories of accreditation: Performance, Infrastructure, and Workforce
Standards.
Congratulations go to Ralls County Health Department for their successful accreditation journey.
Also recently re-accredited are Lafayette County Health Department and Jefferson County Health Department.
Summer 2009 Newsletter
February 2009 Newsletter .
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The Missouri Institute for Community Health (MICH) is
a 501 C 3 organization founded in 2003. Its mission is to
“facilitate and promote excellence in community systems for
health and quality of life”.
MICH’s Voluntary Accreditation Program for Local Public
Health Agencies has gained attention from public health
organizations in Missouri and across the nation. The Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Robert Woods
Johnson Foundation (RWJ), and National Network of Public
Health Institutes (NNPHI) are partners in public health
accreditation efforts and other initiatives to strengthen
public health systems.
Though at the origin of MICH, activities were focused
primarily on local public health agency accreditation; its
mission is now more comprehensive. MICH supports efforts to
continuously improve entire community health systems which
will lead to better health and quality of life throughout
the state of Missouri.
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