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.

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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]

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. [3]

GGD regions

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Map of the GGD regions
No.Municipal Health ServiceProvinceHead office(s)
1GGD Groningen Groningen Groningen
2GGD Fryslân Friesland Leeuwarden
3GGD Drenthe Drenthe Assen
4GGD IJsselland Overijssel Zwolle
5GGD Twente Enschede
6GGD Noord- en Oost-Gelderland Gelderland Warnsveld
7GGD Gelderland-Midden Arnhem
8GGD Gelderland-Zuid Nijmegen & Tiel
9GGD regio Utrecht Utrecht Zeist
10GGD Hollands Noorden North Holland Alkmaar
11GGD Zaanstreek-Waterland Zaandam
12GGD Kennemerland Haarlem
13GGD Amsterdam Amsterdam
14GGD Gooi en Vechtstreek Bussum
15GGD Haaglanden South Holland The Hague
16GGD Hollands Midden Leiden & Gouda
17GGD Rotterdam-Rijnmond Rotterdam
18GGD Zuid-Holland-Zuid Dordrecht
19GGD Zeeland Zeeland Goes
20GGD West-Brabant North Brabant Breda
21GGD Hart voor Brabant 's-Hertogenbosch & Tilburg
22GGD Brabant-Zuidoost Eindhoven
23GGD Limburg-Noord Limburg Venlo
24GGD Zuid-Limburg Heerlen
25GGD Flevoland Flevoland Lelystad

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "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.