NC Public Health Incubator Collaboratives

What are Incubator Collaboratives
(NC PHICs)?

NC PHICs are teams of local health departments working together voluntarily to address pressing public health issues.

Map of NC with Central Partnership counties highlighted

How do NC PHICs improve the public's health in North Carolina?

NC PHICs enable the sharing of resources and ideas such that autonomous local health departments can focus on their community health needs while benefiting from regional public health initiatives.

Member health departments work together to:

  • Increase level and effectiveness of services delivered
  • Increase shared resources across local health departments
  • Increase equity of service delivery to incubator populations
  • Increase opportunity to solve common problems
  • Improve Health Outcomes of North Carolina Citizens
  • Foster Innovation
Local Health Departments in South Central Incubator
Launch HPV Vaccine Campaign
Help protect your daughter from cervical cancer. Vaccinate today.

On June 1st, as families prepare for the beginning of summer, four South Central Incubator counties are launching an HPV vaccine campaign as part of the HPV Vaccine Project. With the message, “Vaccinate today. Protect her tomorrow,” the campaign encourages mothers to take action against cervical cancer by getting their adolescent daughter ages 11-12 vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV) – a common virus that can cause cervical cancer. Learn more...