Fulton County opened a new regional health center in the Adamsville area of southwest Atlanta Thursday to try and address health disparities in the county.
According to data from the Georgia Division of Public Health, Adamsville residents have higher rates of Asthma, HIV deaths and major cardiovascular disease than other parts of Fulton County. As a result, Fulton County Board of Commissioners Vice Chair Emma Darnell has been pushing for the center for several years.
“We think by bringing quality primary care and preventive care into this community, where people have access like most of us do to a medical home, we expect to see some outcomes we can measure.”
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