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Mark Your Calendar

February 18-20: National Conference on Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, DC

April 29 - 30 2nd National Steps to a HealthierUS Summit, Baltimore Marriott Waterfront
700 Aliceanna Street, Baltimore, MD 21202.

CDC Calendar of Events

What's New:

Antibiotic Resistance - Get Smart Campaign January 27, 2004.

What were the Ten Greatest Public Health Achievements of the 20th Century?

What were the public health messages of the late thirties and early forties? Check out the "Past Face of Public Health" Power Point presentation and see the similarities and difference in public health messages then and now.

Promising Practices in Chronic Disease Prevention and Control- PDF

CDC Rumors and Hoaxes Page

How do I? The following links are pages designed for the general public. If you are a professional, health care provider, or contractor, click here to go to the listing of technical references, licencsing, and reporting pages.

Obtain:

• Copies of birth and death certificates.

Find information on:

• Abstinence
• AIDS/HIV and STD's
• Antibiotic Resistance - Get Smart Campaign
• Asthma
• Baby Names
• Black Lung Clinics
• Cancer
• Child medical services (HealthCheck)
• Diabetes Detection Initiative
• Familial Hypercholesterolemia
• Family Planning
• Flu - Influenza
• Food inspection
• Health statistics
• Immunizations
• Indoor air quality
• Injury
• LaCrosse Encephalitis
• Lead
• Medical professionals - areas of need
• Obesity
• Osteoporosis
• Publications - Statistics,Diseases and Risk Factors
• SARS - Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
• Statistics - Health and Population
• Sewage / septic systems
• Sewage system installers
• Smallpox
• Tobacco
• Water supply - Individual (Wells)
• West Nile Virus
• WIC clinic locations
• WIC eligibility requirements

Find publications - health, statistical, chronic disease, injury

Professional - Health Care Providers - Contractors Information
How do I find information on?

• Antibiotic Resistance - Get Smart Campaign
• Bioterrorism Resources
• Black Lung Clinic Program
• Cancer
• Clia-88
• HIPAA and Public Health Information (PDF)
• Infectious Diseases and Disease Surveillance
• Injury
• LaCrosse Encephalitis
• Newborn Screening - Metabolic Disorders (OLS)
• Professional/Medically Underserved Areas
• Reportable Diseases - Protocals, Forms, FAQ's
• SARS - Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
• Smallpox Resources
• Source Water Assessment and Wellhead Protection
• Statistics - Population and Health
• West Nile Virus
• WIC - becoming a vendor.

Licensing and Certification

• Asbestos, lead and radon
• Bottled water
• Clinical Laboratory Technician and Technologist Licensure and Certification
• EMS Agency Licensure
• EMT Certification
• Radiologic Technology Board of Examiners
• Sewage System Installer Certification
• Well Drillers

Organizational Listing

Offices
Chief Medical Examiner (OCME)
Community and Rural Health Services (OCRHS)
Environmental Health Services (OEHS)
Epidemiology and Health Promotion (OEHP)
Health Facilities Liscenure and Certification (OHFLAC)
Laboratory Services (OLS)
Maternal, Child, and Family Health (OMCFH)
Nutrition Services (ONS)

Boards

Board of Medicine
Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists

BPH Organizational Chart - PDF

Contact Information:
Room 702
350 Capitol Street
Charleston, WV 25301-3712

Telephone: (304) 558-2971
Fax: (304) 558-1035

BPH Phone Directory

Central Office Location Maps - PDF Format:
Downtown Charleston
Greater Charleston