In the European Netherlands, a Municipal Health Service (, GGD) is a decentralised public health organisation. Legally, the responsibility for the provision of this service lies with the municipalities. However, in practice, the municipalities work together to provide this service at a regional level, resulting in twenty-five "GGD regions". 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).
Tasks
Common tasks of the Municipal Health Services include: Children's preventive healthcare Infectious disease control Health promotion Environmental medicine Medical screening Travel medicine STD testing
COVID-19 pandemic 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.
GGD regions
No.Municipal Health ServiceProvinceHead office(s)1GGD GroningenGroningenGroningen2GGD FryslânFrieslandLeeuwarden3GGD DrentheDrentheAssen4GGD IJssellandOverijsselZwolle5GGD TwenteEnschede6GGD Noord- en Oost-GelderlandGelderlandWarnsveld7GGD Gelderland-MiddenArnhem8GGD Gelderland-ZuidNijmegen & Tiel9GGD regio UtrechtUtrechtZeist10GGD Hollands NoordenNorth HollandAlkmaar11GGD Zaanstreek-WaterlandZaandam12GGD KennemerlandHaarlem13GGD AmsterdamAmsterdam14GGD Gooi en VechtstreekBussum15GGD HaaglandenSouth HollandThe Hague16GGD Hollands MiddenLeiden & Gouda17GGD Rotterdam-RijnmondRotterdam18GGD Zuid-Holland-ZuidDordrecht19GGD ZeelandZeelandGoes20GGD West-BrabantNorth BrabantBreda21GGD Hart voor Brabant's-Hertogenbosch & Tilburg22GGD Brabant-ZuidoostEindhoven23GGD Limburg-NoordLimburgVenlo24GGD Zuid-LimburgHeerlen25GGD FlevolandFlevolandLelystad
See also National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) Dutch Association of Mental Health and Addiction Care (GGZ)
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