Department

Public Health

Featured Services and Programs

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  Healthy Chicago

  Transforming the health of our city
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  Find a clinic

  Clinical Services
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  Food Protection

  Information on Food Services
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  HIV Test

  Thinking about getting tested?

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  Quit Smoking

  Still Smoking?
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  Breast Exams

  Have you had a mammogram yet?
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  Mental Health

  Mental Health Transition
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  Influenza (The Flu)

  Information about Flu

The Chicago Department of Public Health's Mission is to make Chicago a safer and healthier place by working with community partners to promote health, prevent disease, reduce environmental hazards and ensure access to health care for all Chicagoans.

• Provide leadership for Public Health.
• Identify, analyze and track issues. Define problems and guide public health action.
• Inspect food establishments to ensure safe food supply.
• Establish a public health presence in city neighborhoods.
• Deliver services either directly or through delegate agencies.
• Advise Chicagoans of their rights as health care consumers and help them get care from HMOs and other medical providers.

Check out our Healthy Chicago Initiative!

Alerts (Public Health)

	Apr 14, 2012	Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Bareilly Infections Associated with a Raw Scraped Ground Tuna Product
	May 16, 2012	Bed Bug Seminar on June 6th
	Apr 30, 2012	Request for Proposal for PlayStreets Implementation Grant
	Dec 15, 2011	Syphilis Special Surveillance Report
	Nov 30, 2011	2011 HIV/STI Surveillance Report

Most Recent News (Public Health)

May 14, 2012	New Citywide Public Education Campaign Aims to Make Chicago a Healthier Place
May 1, 2012	The Relationship between Obesity and Sugar Sweetened Beverages, Testimony from Dr. Bechara Choucair
Apr 29, 2012	Members of Chicago's Faith-Based Community join Chicago Department of Public Health in support of expanding Mental Health Services across the City
Apr 26, 2012	New HIV Planning Council in Metropolitan Chicago
Apr 24, 2012	City Encourages Caregivers to Make Immunizations a Priority & Protect Infants from 14 Harmful & Preventable Diseases
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What We Do

• Board of Health
• Clinical Health
• Environmental Health
• Environmental Permits & Regulation
• Food Protection
• Grant Opportunities
• Healthy Chicago
• Infectious Disease
• Influenza (The Flu)
• Information, Statistics, and Reports
• Public Health Emergency Preparedness
• STI/HIV
• Tobacco Prevention and Cessation
• Violence Prevention

Supporting Information

• Chicago Partnership for Public Health
• Fast Track Immunization Clinics
• File a Public Health FOIA Request
• Food Establishment Signs, Regulations & Forms
• Food and Nutritional Information
• Healthy Chicago Partnership Announcement
• Household Chemicals & Computer Recycling Facility Overview
• LGBT Community Action Plan
• LGBT Health
• Tuberculosis Clinics

City Data

• Clinics - Mental Health
• Clinics - Neighborhood Health
• Clinics - STI Specialty
• Clinics - Women Infant Children (WIC)
• FOIA Request Log - Public Health