Municipal Health Service
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In the European Netherlands, a Municipal Health Service (Dutch: Gemeentelijke Gezondheidsdienst, GGD) is a decentralised public health organisation. Legally, the responsibility for the provision of this service lies with the municipalities.[1] However, in practice, the municipalities work together to provide this service at a regional level, resulting in twenty-five "GGD regions".[1] The borders of the GGD regions largely correspond to the borders of the safety regions.
GGD GHOR Nederland is the national umbrella organisation of the twenty-five Municipal Health Services and Regional Medical Assistance Organisations (GHOR).[2]
Tasks
Common tasks of the Municipal Health Services include:[1]
- Children's preventive healthcare
- Infectious disease control
- Health promotion
- Environmental medicine
- Medical screening
- Travel medicine
- STD testing
COVID-19 pandemic
During the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands, the Municipal Health Services have been tasked with setting up large testing and vaccination sites across the country. They also bear the responsibility for carrying out contact tracing.[3]
GGD regions
| No. | Municipal Health Service | Province | Head office(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GGD Groningen | Groningen | Groningen |
| 2 | GGD Fryslân | Friesland | Leeuwarden |
| 3 | GGD Drenthe | Drenthe | Assen |
| 4 | GGD IJsselland | Overijssel | Zwolle |
| 5 | GGD Twente | Enschede | |
| 6 | GGD Noord- en Oost-Gelderland | Gelderland | Warnsveld |
| 7 | GGD Gelderland-Midden | Arnhem | |
| 8 | GGD Gelderland-Zuid | Nijmegen & Tiel | |
| 9 | GGD regio Utrecht | Utrecht | Zeist |
| 10 | GGD Hollands Noorden | North Holland | Alkmaar |
| 11 | GGD Zaanstreek-Waterland | Zaandam | |
| 12 | GGD Kennemerland | Haarlem | |
| 13 | GGD Amsterdam | Amsterdam | |
| 14 | GGD Gooi en Vechtstreek | Bussum | |
| 15 | GGD Haaglanden | South Holland | The Hague |
| 16 | GGD Hollands Midden | Leiden & Gouda | |
| 17 | GGD Rotterdam-Rijnmond | Rotterdam | |
| 18 | GGD Zuid-Holland-Zuid | Dordrecht | |
| 19 | GGD Zeeland | Zeeland | Goes |
| 20 | GGD West-Brabant | North Brabant | Breda |
| 21 | GGD Hart voor Brabant | 's-Hertogenbosch & Tilburg | |
| 22 | GGD Brabant-Zuidoost | Eindhoven | |
| 23 | GGD Limburg-Noord | Limburg | Venlo |
| 24 | GGD Zuid-Limburg | Heerlen | |
| 25 | GGD Flevoland | Flevoland | Lelystad |
See also
- National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)
- Dutch Association of Mental Health and Addiction Care (GGZ)
References
- ^ a b c "Wat doet een GGD". GGD GHOR Nederland (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ "Over ons". GGD GHOR Nederland (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ "Factsheet: Coronavirus: how does contact tracing work?". Rijksoverheid. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
External links
Media related to Municipal Health Service at Wikimedia Commons- Covid Testing Site
