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The Mississippi State Department of Health has a new mission statement that reflects its evolving role: “To protect and advance the health, well-being and safety of everyone in Mississippi.”
We have been protecting the health of Mississippians for more than 130 years, ever since the State Board of Health was organized in 1877. In that time we’ve helped the state face challenges in safe delivery of babies, loss of life to childhood diseases, and outbreaks ranging from yellow fever to smallpox. But protection alone isn’t enough.
As Mississippi advances into the future, our health must advance with it. That means advancing education so that children and adults understand the central role of health in their lives. It means putting an end to the epidemics of avoidable disease like diabetes and heart disease that hold Mississippi back. It means ensuring that children are born ready to grow, learn and work at their best every day of their lives. It means creating a future of prosperity founded on health for all, because Mississippi is only strong when every Mississippian is healthy.
To make that advance in health, the Mississippi State Department of Health is doing more. We’re not just fighting disease, but giving Mississippians the tools to prevent disease from striking in the first place. We’re working with women to make sure their babies have a healthy start even before they’re born. And we’re taking ideas about health out of clinics and into schools, businesses and towns so that healthy people can grow in healthy places.
Be part of that advance. Learn from what you read here. Share it with your friends. Start changes in your family and the people around you by making your own changes. Join us in our mission for a future of health.
Health News
- E-cigarette use linked to severe lung disease among youth and adults: The CDC has identified nearly 200 U.S. cases of e-cigarette users hospitalized for lung disease in the last two months. Most of the cases are otherwise healthy adolescents or young adults.
Read more » - The obesity-cancer connection: As more Americans are becoming obese, cancers are striking 10 years earlier than in the past.
Read more » - Fight dementia by staying active and eating right: Older adults with a healthier lifestyle dropped their risk of dementia by two-thirds.
Read more » - Foods for a longer life: Americans who ate the most plant-based foods (vegetables, fruits and grains) dropped their risk of death by 25 percent compared to those who ate the most meat.
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Take the Next Step
- The foods you choose can turn everyday meals into disease fighters. Check out the simple steps to healthy eating on the MSDH website.
Find out more » - Start your cancer prevention journey by learning what you can do to keep your risk of colon, breast and other cancers as low as possible.
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