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In 2022, Houston Health Department became one of only two jurisdictions in the country to be recognized by CDC as a National Wastewater Surveillance System Center of Excellence. The figure below shows the challenges big city health departments face as they strive toward data modernization.

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These departments have primary responsibility for protecting local, state, and territorial jurisdictions under our federalist system. There are more than 3,000 local health departments that work in tandem with the 59 state and territorial health departments, as well as Tribal departments.

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Public health data modernization: moving from challenges to solutions

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