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Nia Okonkwo, RN, is a county public health nurse managing vector-borne illness surveillance. She entered local government service after working in hospital infection control, following undergraduate nursing studies at Georgetown University. She conducts patient case follow-ups and leads public education sessions on tick-bite prevention.

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