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The City of Houston has activated it’s Heat Emergency Plan. The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory for southeast Texas, Thursday, August 31. A heat advisory is issued when the heat index, a computation of the air temperature and humidity, reaches 108 degrees for two consecutive days.
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) will open a new Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) service site Sept. 18 in the Gulfgate area, accommoda-ting residents now traveling outside their community for nutritional assistance and health care referrals.
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) will discontinue immunization services at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 9318 Homestead, on Aug. 5 and refer those needing vaccinations to other nearby community sites.
The City of Houston and Eller Media will unveil an HIV/AIDS awareness billboard campaign targeting African-Americans, from 10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m., Tuesday, July 18, outside City Hall, 900 Bagby Street. Eller Media donated the use of 150 billboards for the project.
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) is holding Health Expo 2000 from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. from July 10 to July 14 at 8000 North Stadium Drive.
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) is offering free HIV testing in observance of National HIV Testing Day June 27. The public awareness campaign is designed to promote voluntary participation in HIV testing and counseling services. The City of Houston’s Bureau of HIV/STD Prevention will provide free testing at Sharpstown Mall on June 27.
The Urban AIDS Ministry Task Force (UAM), a coalition of African-American spiritual leaders, churches and faith based organizations working to prevent HIV/AIDS among African-Americans in Houston, announced plans to host the Black Church Lights the Way: The Black Church HIV Testing Campaign in Houston. The event will be held on June 16, 2000, at the Bread of Life, Inc., located at 2019 Crawford at Gray.
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) has received funding for two important local public health issues, hepatitis C and asthma. The grants were awarded by the Texas Department of Health with funds provided by the tobacco settlement.
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) urges the public to begin preparing for high summertime temperatures. High heat and humidity can cause moderate to severe health problems for the elderly, the very young and people with heart and respiratory problems. During the summer of 1999, 20 Harris County residents died of heat related illness, in 1998, 23 Harris County residents died from the heat.
The Houston Department of Health and Human Services (HDHHS) announces walk-in registrations at various WIC locations from 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. on selected Saturdays during May, June, July and August 2000 for the Women, Infants and Children Program (WIC).