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Our Mission The mission of The Balm In Gilead is to prevent diseases and improve the health status of people of African Descent by supporting faith institutions in areas of program design implementation and evaluation to strengthen their capacity to programmatically eliminate health disparities. Kimi WatkinsTartt serves as Director of the Alameda County Public Health Department. In this capacity she provides overall direction and planning and leads the departments work in its pursuit of Health Equity in Alameda County and a Culture of Equity within the Department. Ms.