Ensuring a healthy region for all residents and visitors involves planning and coordination across borders on issues from everyday wellness to emergency response. Engagement with land use, transportation, and environmental decision-makers is also critical since health is so closely tied with the communities in which people live.
COG addresses these priorities through its support of the region’s Health Officials Committee and by developing relationships with regional programs that impact public health. The program focuses on tracking regional health trends, promoting health in all policy making, and responding to specific public health concerns and emerging issues—including preparing for and coordinating during health emergencies.
COG also continues its longtime sponsorship of regional workshops, conferences, and issue dialogues that bring together public health experts, elected officials, and business and community leaders to exchange information and cultivate a healthier region.
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May 11, 2017
Governor Hogan, Governor McAuliffe, and Mayor Bowser spoke at the COG-organized event, which drew about 500 participants.
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March 15, 2017
Overuse, misuse, and abuse of legally obtained opioids, along with the steady availability of low-cost heroin, fentanyl, and other illegally-obtained narcotics,...
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January 11, 2017
Tillman, Montgomery County's Health Officer and chief of Public Health Services, passed away on January 3, 2017.