Health agency aims to reduce chronic illness
Reported November 01, 2007
COLUMBUS – The Ohio chapter of the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease is announcing its establishment today during a news conference featuring community leaders including Jack Ford, Toledo’s former mayor.
Launched nationally in May, the partnership is an organization of professionals in health care, business, and labor.
It is trying to raise awareness of public policies and practices that help patients and reduce health-care costs through more effective prevention and management of such chronic diseases as asthma, cancer, and diabetes.
More than 20 organizations have joined the effort in Ohio.