{"id":63956,"date":"2016-10-06T10:00:35","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T14:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=63956"},"modified":"2016-10-06T10:00:35","modified_gmt":"2016-10-06T14:00:35","slug":"state-dept-of-health-declares-public-health-emergency-for-allen-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2016\/10\/06\/state-dept-of-health-declares-public-health-emergency-for-allen-county\/","title":{"rendered":"State Dept. of Health declares public health emergency for Allen County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/FW-AC_Health_Department_logo-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"New Fort Wayne-Allen County Health Department logo\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-58797\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>News release from the Fort Wayne-Allen County Department of Health:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>State Dept. of Health declares public health emergency for Allen County, approves syringe services program<\/p>\n<p>(10\/06\/2016) &#8211; The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) has declared a public health emergency for Allen County, allowing the Fort Wayne-Allen County Department of Health to establish a syringe services program (SSP) in an effort to reduce the spread of HIV and hepatitis C.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Health, including community partners Positive Resource Connection and Park Center, will open the SSP in early November at 519 Oxford Street in Fort Wayne.  <\/p>\n<p>Along with providing new, clean needles and sharps disposal containers, the SSP will also provide free HIV and hepatitis C testing, and make referrals to treatment and other social services such as addiction services.  The SSP is one of a number of harm reduction initiatives by the Department of Health and the Opiate Task Force to address the opioid issue in Allen County.  According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), SSPs are an effective way to minimize transmission of hepatitis C and HIV.  In 2015, as a result of a significant increase in both in Allen County, the Board of Health authorized the Department to begin the process of establishing a local SSP as part of an opioid strategic plan.  On October 6, 2016, ISDH approved the department&#8217;s plan.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Health is appreciative of its board, the Opiate Task Force, and other community partners who have assisted in the development of an evidence based strategy to begin to address this public health issue as a community.  To effectively address a problem of this magnitude requires the engagement and collaboration of the entire community.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3><div class=\"ngg-related-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/assorted-photos\/h1n1_billboard.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Billboard developed by the Allen County Department of Health Department to promote awareness of H1N1 in the Hispanic\/Latino communities.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='a6ea5e38f02302970462aa3c7cda79a7' data-image-id=\"4875\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/assorted-photos\/h1n1_billboard.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/assorted-photos\/thumbs\/thumbs_h1n1_billboard.jpg\" data-title=\"Spanish H1N1 Billboard\" data-description=\"Billboard developed by the Allen County Department of Health Department to promote awareness of H1N1 in the Hispanic\/Latino communities.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Spanish H1N1 Billboard\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Spanish H1N1 Billboard\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"4875\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/assorted-photos\/thumbs\/thumbs_h1n1_billboard.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/twitter-photos\/awfec_ycmaaw_bi.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"At a grill safety, food handling safety and water safety demo. 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The photo set was taken on April 9, 2021, and provided by the Indiana State Department of Health.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='a6ea5e38f02302970462aa3c7cda79a7' data-image-id=\"11038\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20210409\/tDSC05520-7.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20210409\/thumbs\/thumbs_tDSC05520-7.jpg\" data-title=\"COVID-19 mass vaccination clinic in Gary, Indiana\" data-description=\"Photos of the COVID-19 mass vaccination clinic in Gary, Indiana. The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine was provided. 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Courtesy photo.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='a6ea5e38f02302970462aa3c7cda79a7' data-image-id=\"11290\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/in\/t20210511_ISDH_cookie_donation.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/in\/thumbs\/thumbs_t20210511_ISDH_cookie_donation.jpg\" data-title=\"Free Girl Scout Cookies at select COVID-19 vaccination clinics\" data-description=\"Girl Scouts of Central Indiana CEO Danielle Shockey, left, oversees the donation of Girl Scout cookies to support state COVID-19 vaccination efforts with Cathy Langham, president and CEO of Langham Logistics, and State Health Commissioner Kris Box, M.D., FACOG. Courtesy photo.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Free Girl Scout Cookies at select COVID-19 vaccination clinics\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Free Girl Scout Cookies at select COVID-19 vaccination clinics\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"11290\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/in\/thumbs\/thumbs_t20210511_ISDH_cookie_donation.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Indiana State Department of Health has declared a public health emergency for Allen 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