Blue Ridge Health District - BRHD

04/07/2026

Happening today at 1 PM - we'll see you there! 👋

Mark your calendars - we're hosting a free info-session on rabies! 🦨🦝🐈‍⬛🦇🐕

Our experienced staff will go over rabies symptoms and required treatment, as well as share some do's ✅ and don'ts ❎ of good rabies response and prevention techniques.

📅 Tuesday, April 7
⏰ 1 to 2 PM
📍 Yancey Community Health Center (7625 Porters Road, Esmont)

No registration required, and all are welcome! For questions, call 434-270-3216 📱 Any updates will be posted on our website: https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/blue-ridge/yancey-community-health-center/ 💻

04/06/2026

It's the most wonderful time of the year [for public health professionals] - National Public Health Week ( )! 🎉

Public health lives in our environments:
The air we breathe 💨
The water we drink 🚰
The food we eat 🥗
The parks we enjoy 🏞

This year's theme, "Ready. Set. Action!", calls on each of us to look back at the progress we’ve made and look forward to the steps needed for an even healthier future. Because one truth guides it all: good health doesn’t just happen. It's made possible by the hard work and dedication of our public health professionals 💪

Learn more about : https://www.apha.org/initiatives/national-public-health-week🔗

04/03/2026

Heads up Piedmont Virginia Community College students - Willie Mae and Monica are looking forward to seeing you at the Student Health & Wellness Fair next week! Stop by the BRHD table to say hi and learn about our health-related services and resources 🫶

04/02/2026

National Minority Health Month is a time learn about health disparities in Virginia.

Throughout this month we plan to share information and insights about different populations in Virginia who experience health inequities, and our plan to improve minority health.

Learn more at https://ow.ly/JIA850YC11z

04/01/2026

Today may be April 1st, but this is no joke - we've got Rapid REVIVE! Naloxone trainings back on the calendar! 🎊

Join us to learn how you can use naloxone to reverse an opioid overdose and save a life. We'll even give you your own dose of naloxone to carry for free!

Questions? Call the R.A.I.S.E. team at 434-459-3088 📲 or visit our webpage: https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/blue-ridge/community-health-programs-resources/opioids/

04/01/2026

03/31/2026

National Public Health Week is coming up so learn more about what we do in this month's Health Whys.

03/31/2026

Exciting news - we’ve expanded our clinical schedule 🎉

In addition to increasing appointments for our existing clinics, we’ve also added a new Rapid HIV/Hep C Testing clinic at the Charlottesville/Albemarle HD! 🩸 We'll be adding clinics for children's' school and sports physicals at each of our localities soon, so stay tuned for that announcement 🏫

Remember - all our clinics are by appointment only. If you'd like to get on the schedule, call your local HD. For more information, visit our Clinic Services webpage: https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/blue-ridge/clinic-services/ 💻

03/29/2026

Happy Community Doula Week!🤰🏽💞

Community doulas (CDs) provide support to pregnant and postpartum women through their grounding within the community, languages, and value systems of the populations they serve.

The community doula care model has shown to reduce impacts of structural racism, address disparities in maternal health, and improve birth outcomes and experiences of care.

Did you know that Virginia Medicaid can reimburse services provided by state-certified community doulas? Learn more about their Community Doula Program and how CDs can obtain certification: https://www.dmas.virginia.gov/for-members/benefits-and-services/maternal-and-child-health/community-doula-program/

03/27/2026

03/25/2026

that VDH manages Virginia's State-Doula Certification Program? improve the birth outcomes of pregnant women and infants. 🤰 They provide services that can eliminate the maternal and infant mortality racial disparities in Virginia.

Visit https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/family-planning/doula-state-certification/ to learn more about:

✅ Pathway to State Certification
✅ Approved State-Certified Doula Training Programs
✅ Recertification

03/25/2026