Municipal Health Service

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

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

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

References

  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.