A public health director will be hired to oversee the new department as well as a nutrition specialist and a dietitian to inform what services and messaging are needed across the county, said David Smith the county manager.
University Health teamed up with Bexar County for this flu vaccine drive in 2020; a new county public health department, approved Tuesday, would increase these types of collaborations.
The department will include more than a dozen existing county programs and services such as diabetes prevention, opioid overdose prevention, air quality, food and nutrition, animal control, mental and behavioral health, youth asthma control education and hazardous waste containment, he said, so that before the next pandemic, “we can have a more robust, rapid and coordinated response.”
“I can’t tell you how frustrating it was for me for the first few months going through COVID not having information, not having the expertise on staff,” Wolff said.
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