King County Board of Health meeting on February 20, 2004

KING COUNTY, WA - The King County Board of Health will hold its next meeting on Friday, February 20, 2004 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

The meeting will be held at the following location:

King County Council Chambers
10th Floor, King County Courthouse
516 Third Avenue, Seattle

AGENDA

I.	Call to order
II.	Announcement of Any Alternates Serving in Place of Regular Members
III.	Approval of Minutes of January 23, 2004 (Action Item)
IV.	General Public Comments
V.	Chair's Report
VI.	Board Members' Updates
VII.	Director's Report
VIII.	Briefing: Childhood Immunization Practices and Programs Vaccines are one of the most successful tools we have available today to prevent disease and death, reducing the level of most vaccine-preventable diseases by more than 99 percent. Today's briefing by David Bibus, Communicable Disease Control, Epidemiology and Immunization Unit, will highlight trends in child immunization completion rates, profile under-immunized populations in King County and provide an overview of Public Health's Immunization Program. Briefing will include a presentation by Dr. Ed Marcuse, Children's Hospital.
IX.	Briefing: Environmental Public Health Environmental Health is an integral part of the public health infrastructure in King County. Environmental Health focuses on prevention of disease through proper sanitation, safe food, proper disposal of waste and toxics, and management of disease carrying pests. Dr. Ngozi Oleru, Environmental Health Division, will provide a definition of Environmental Public Health as well as an overview of Environmental Health's organizational structure, ten essential services, current issues and emerging issues.
Adjournment

If you have questions or need additional information about this agenda, please call Lisa Werlech, Interim Board of Health Administrator, Public Health - Seattle & King County, at 206-296-4850.

Sign language, communication material in alternate formats or other reasonable accommodations can be arranged. Please call 206-296-4850 or TDD Number 206- 296-4600 or use Washington Relay Service at 1-800-833-6384.

Visit the King County Board of Health webpages for information about the Board. Go to http://www.metrokc.gov/health/boh

The King County Board of Health sets county-wide public health policy, enacts and enforces local public health regulations, and carries out other duties of local boards of health specified in state law. These duties include enforcing state public health statutes, preventing and controlling the spread of infectious disease, abating nuisances, and establishing fee schedules for licenses, permits and other services.

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