Municipal Health Service

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Logo of GGD Hollands Midden

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

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COVID-19 testing site of GGD Kennemerland at Schiphol Airport

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

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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

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Map of the GGD regions No.  | Municipal Health Service  | Province  | Head office(s)

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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

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* National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)
* Dutch Association of Mental Health and Addiction Care (GGZ)

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Wat doet een GGD". GGD GHOR Nederland (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 February 2021.
2. ^ "Over ons". GGD GHOR Nederland (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 February 2021.
3. ^ "Factsheet: Coronavirus: how does contact tracing work?". Rijksoverheid. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2021.

## External links

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* Media related to Municipal Health Service at Wikimedia Commons