Collaboration is key for San Mateo County agencies and nonprofits looking to address mental health crises across the Peninsula, officials agreed during a study session with supervisors Tuesday.
San Mateo County’s new health officer, Dr. Kismet Baldwin-Santana, started her work this week that will include addressing the ongoing opioid epidemic, expanding health equity and improving disaster preparedness, officials
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California s new vaccine rollout program through Blue Shield is threatening to derail efforts to equitably distribute doses in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties, county health leaders said.
This pandemic year has been humbling, said Deputy Chief of Health Srija Srinivasan, whose work was typically done quietly behind the scenes and hardly ever in the public eye. But COVID-19, the highly infectious respiratory disease thatâs infected nearly 19,000 residents and claimed 183 lives has forced health officials to speak directly to communities.Â
âMost of my career thereâs been a plan and in other disasters thereâs a beginning and an end not that far from each other,â said Srinivasan. âThe most challenging part of this has been the duration and unknowing of how long we had to get at this.âÂ