1929 - Started a rural mobile health service in South Carolina.

* Gantt and Sheriff started a mobile public health service in the southern Appalachians to bring vaccinations, nutritional education, prenatal care, dental examinations, and preventive health screenings to remote places in the rural south * Lobbied for state legislation requiring medical inspection of schoolchildren, which passed in 1920 * Pioneered public health, prevention of tuberculosis, medical inspection of schools, and social hygiene * Organized and headed the Spartanburg Health League * Their mobile health units focused on eradicating diseases, such as pellagra and diphtheria, which plagued the poor and marginalized communities of South Carolina * Made improvements to contraception, maternity care, and family planning practices.

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Public Health

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