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Recognizing Acting Health Commissioner Joanne Godley's service to the city and its citizens and offering City Council's profound best wishes to her in her future endeavors.
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WHEREAS, Joanne Godley, MD, MPH, was appointed to the position of Acting Commissioner of the Philadelphia Department of Public Health on July 23, 2005; and
WHEREAS, Since her appointment, Dr. Godley has managed the health department comprised of twelve divisions including eight health centers, a nursing home, a personal care home, a staff of over eight hundred persons and a budget of over $185, 000,000; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Godley implemented a mass screening initiative for Hurricane Katrina evacuees at the overseas airport involving approximately 100 medical providers in response to the Mayor's Project Brotherly Love; and
WHEREAS, She initiated and implemented cultural competency training to all employees in all eight of the ambulatory health centers in order to educate and help staff appreciate the complexities of service to a vastly diverse client population that exists in Philadelphia; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Godley implemented monthly public education seminars for all departmental employees in order to reinforce core public health principles and enhance employee performance; and
WHEREAS, She initiated an intergovernmental Youth Obesity Initiative involving Health, Mayor's Office of Fitness, Behavioral Health, OESS, Recreation, and DHS to share resources and strategize educate and intervene with youth and families to offset the obesity trend; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Godley successfully tested a phase of our disaster preparedness by implementing a Super Flu clinic in the Northeast-during which about 900 flu shots were administered in the first hour demonstrating the city's ability to administer medications/vaccines to a large population in a short period of time; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Godley has lectured extensively on an array of public health topics including testifying befor...
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