A Community Health Forum on Friday, November 6,2009 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. at the News-Journal Center, 221 N. Beach St. , Daytona Beach. The Forum is free and no reservations are necessary.
* More than 40,000 residents of Volusia County have diabetes.
* 95,000 to 100,000 resident have pre-diabetes, a condition that places them at risk for diabetes, heart disease, and stroke.
* 25 percent of the people with diabetes are unaware they have the condition.
* 1 out of 4 adults 60 years of age or older has diabetes.
Dr. Annabelle Rodriguez, Director of the diabetes Management Center at John Hopkins will answer many of your questions about diabetes.
.JPG)
“We are targeting school vaccination clinics based on the priority groups established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the population in an area, and the amount of vaccine we have on hand,” said Volusia County Health Department Director Dr. Bonnie Sorensen. “We ask the public to continue to work with us by being patient and only bringing those who are targeted for the vaccine to this clinic.”
ReplyDeleteThe Oct. 31 school vaccination clinic will offer 2,500 doses of the H1N1 nasal spray vaccine and 1,000 doses of the H1N1 injectable vaccine.