Interns collect data on health services in area

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MOULTRIE — Health issues, particularly rural health concerns, are becoming major topics as civic leaders here make priority lists that lend to community development and improvements.

Assessing health-care needs requires a lot of study and the Moultrie-Colquitt County Community through the Archway Project, a recently organized health committee and the Healthy Colquitt County Coalition has begun efforts that address numerous health related issues specifically including childhood obesity. Collecting and assessing data is crucial to these understandings.

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