NATCHEZ — The City of Natchez is teaming up with the Clinton family foundation to improve its health by 20 percent by 2020.

The Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation and Humana Inc., have announced Natchez and Adams County were selected as one of the sites for the Clinton Foundation’s Health Matters Initiative, which aims to remove barriers to well-being and improve health in an area.

Natchez Mayor Butch Brown said that while the city will wait to hear more specifics from the foundation before moving forward, many of the initiatives the city is already active in promoting were considered as factors in the selection.

“Things like our wellness program for city employees, mosquito abatement and keeping people active with walking trails and programs are a part of this,” Brown said.

“We have the farmer’s market and will be promoting more and more gardening with youth and master gardeners programs, and all of those things — when you put them together — have a definite impact on the health of our community.”

Brown said incentive plans and programs are tied to the selection, but what that will mean for the city over the course of five years is unclear at this point.

Humana President and CEO Bruce Broussard said the partnership wants to create health solutions with the area’s leadership and residents that can eventually be applied to communities across the country and around the world.

“We want to make it easy for people to achieve their best health,” he said.

A news release from the partnership says Mississippi faces more health challenges than most states, and Adams County has some of the poorest health outcomes in Mississippi.

“With the experience we bring, we can help this community transform itself,” President Clinton said. “Adams County has a strong history of leadership and cohesion. They have the passion and energy to change the way they think about their own health and access to the health care system. We can help them take better care of themselves and give them a better chance to live their best lives.”

Natchez was the first stop in Humana’s cross-state tour to give residents more information about the Affordable Care Act earlier this year.

More information about the Clinton Foundation can be found online at clintonfoundation.org.