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Allen County Wins National Recognition for Health Improvement

By Kansas News Service
Published September 20, 2017 at 2:20 PM CDT
Richard Besser, CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, announces the selection of Allen County for the foundation's 2017 Culture of Health Prize, at a ceremony in Iola. (Photo: Jim McLean, Kansas News Service)
Richard Besser, CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, announces the selection of Allen County for the foundation's 2017 Culture of Health Prize, at a ceremony in Iola. (Photo: Jim McLean, Kansas News Service)

Year in and year out Allen County in southeast Kansas ranks among the least healthy counties in the state. But it’s working to get better. Now, as Jim McLean of the Kansas News Service reports, it’s getting some national recognition. 

    

 
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The Kansas News Service produces essential enterprise reporting, diving deep and connecting the dots in tracking the policies, issues and and events that affect the health of Kansans and their communities. The team is based at KCUR and collaborates with public media stations and other news outlets across Kansas. Kansas News Service stories and photos may be republished at no cost with proper attribution and a link back to kcur.org. The Kansas News Service is made possible by a group of funding organizations, led by the Kansas Health Foundation. Other founders include United Methodist Health Ministry Fund, Sunflower Foundation, REACH Healthcare Foundation and the Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City.
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