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Wilkes County Health Department's mission is to promote health and prevent disease in our community. We accomplish our mission through:
  • Promotion of Health
  • Prevention of Disease
  • Care of the Sick
Our vision is to be viewed by our county as the primary resource for individual, community and environmental health.

We Recognize
  • The health needs of the community are ever changing
  • Early intervention is most effective
  • Environment effects health
  • Health information is essential for making choices for healthy community
  • Individual health effects community health and community health effects individual health
We Believe that
  • We must provide services without discrimination of race, ethnicity, marital status, religion, gender, economic status, health status, lifestyle preferences or age
  • Individuals are valued and deserve courtesy and respect
  • Individuals have a responsibility for their own health
  • Quality services are essential

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