Healthy Savannah releases video recognizing local “Breastfeeding Welcome Here” organizations

Healthy Savannah has released a new public service announcement (PSA) celebrating local organizations that have committed to providing designated lactation spaces and supportive policies for breastfeeding individuals. The initiative, ‘Breastfeeding Welcome Here,’ aims to normalize and facilitate breastfeeding in workplaces, educational institutions, and public spaces across Savannah and Chatham County.
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Healthy Savannah Announces Free Vaccines for Uninsured and Underinsured

The COVID-19 pandemic may have ended, but the “tripledemic” of flu, COVID, and RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) that was pervasive last fall and winter...Read More

Nutrition 101 – Healthy Weight

“A healthy body weight honors me – and my faith. 
It’s an established fact that overweight is a significant contributor to disease and premature...Read More

Healthy Savannah highlights breastfeeding-friendly workplaces and public spaces

Healthy Savannah’s new PSA recognizes Savannah-area organizations that are creating supportive lactation spaces and policies, while urging more workplaces and public venues to become...Read More

Hometown Hero: Healthy Savannah Pedestrians

The goal is to not just make walking as easy as putting one foot in front of the other. But to make it easy...Read More

Friends of Tide to Town hosting clean up event

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Movie celebrates Black Breastfeeding Week, free screening coming to Savannah

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — According to a 2022 Centers for Disease Control (CDC) report, 75% of Black infants were introduced to breastfeeding compared to...Read More

Healthy Savannah Celebrates 10 Years!

Friday May 12, 2017 Healthy Savannah celebrated TEN years of making the healthy choice, the easy choice. Our annual meeting kicked off with a...Read More

Healthy Savannah and Coastal YMCA Seeking Community Advocates for Flu and COVID-19 Prevention

Healthy Savannah and the YMCA of Coastal Georgia are reminding area residents that there’s still time to get a flu vaccine. Dec. 5-11 is...Read More

Maintaining a Healthy Household

  By Brittany Lightsey, MS, RD, LD Parents often come to my office defeated, tired, and overwhelmed. Feeding a busy household is a tough...Read More

Boy Scouts join Tide to Town Volunteers for Wheaton St. Cleanup, collected 50 pounds of trash

Earlier this month about 30 members of Boy Scout Troop 1 and Pack 1 joined up with volunteers from the Friends of Tide to...Read More

Healthy Savannah celebrates at its annual meeting

Healthy Savannah celebrated 14 years of milestones and installed new officers at the organization’s annual meeting on May 18 at the Charles H. Morris...Read More

The State of Obesity in Georgia

The State of Obesity, a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to both raising awareness about the obesity epidemic and promoting obesity prevention strategies, recently issued...Read More

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