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West Virginia Bureau for
Public Health (BPH)
Division of
Surveillance & Disease Control
(DSDC)
The Division of Surveillance and
Disease Control tracks occurrences of diseases, provides preventive
interventions, and educates the public on protecting themselves from
diseases.
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HIV Prevention Training Opportunity | EPI-LOG
| AIDS Program
Immunization
Program | Infectious
Disease Epidemiology Program
Needlestick
Program | Cancer Annual
Report
WVEDSS West Virginia Electronic Disease Surveillance System
Division Programs | Division
Phone Directory | Division Address
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EPI-LOG
DSDC's Quarterly
Public Health Newsletter
3rd Quarter 2004
Now Available
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The West Virginia EPI-LOG is published quarterly by the Division of Surveillance and Disease
Control. It contains information relevant to all programs within the
Division and is distributed to such interested parties as West Virginia
primary care providers, infection control professionals, local health
departments, school nurses, pharmacists, and other state health
departments. The link at the left contains issues beginning First
Quarter 2001 and an index of articles found in each issue. (Adobe Acrocat Reader 3 or
greater is required to view the PDF files.)
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Division
Programs
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AIDS/HIV
& STD Program
Surveillance
(304) 558-2195
Prevention
(304) 558-2950
Hotline:
(800) 642-8244
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HIV/AIDS
CONTENT NOTICE. Maintains a
statewide active surveillance system to detect and report HIV infection and AIDS cases.
Provides HIV/AIDS prevention education opportunities to service providers
and people at risk. Provides HIV counseling and testing, health care, and
support. Annually updates
the West Virginia HIV/AIDS Epidemiologic Profile. Follow the link at the
left for more information about the West Virginia AIDS Program. The
STD Program supports disease
detection, treatment, and prevention activities through clinical services,
surveillance, confidential investigation and consultation, and public
education.
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Cancer Registry
(304) 558-6421
(800) 423-1271
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Conducts active
surveillance to identify all cancer cases among West Virginians,
distributes statistical information, and conducts public education. Click
here to view Cancer in West Virginia, Incidence and Mortality, 1993 -
2001. (Adobe
Acrobat Reader 3 or greater is required to view this publication.)
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Hemophilia Program
(304) 558-6466
(800) 642-3634 |
Provides data on
the occurrence of inherited coagulation factor disorders, distributes
blood products for home therapy, and supports three Hemophilia Treatment
Centers to manage hemophilia care.
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Immunization Program
(304) 558-2188
(800) 642-3634
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Works to prevent
and control vaccine preventable diseases by providing appropriate
vaccines, technical assistance, and public education. Follow the link at
the left for more information about the West Virginia Immunization
Program.
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Infectious Disease
Epidemiology Program
(304) 558-5358
(800) 423-1271
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Manages
potential communicable disease threats to the public's health through
provision of technical assistance, investigations, education, and
prevention programs. Also maintains the state reportable disease data
system. Follow the link at the left for more information about the West
Virginia Infectious Disease Epidemiology Program.
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Needlestick
Injury
Prevention Program
(304) 558-2195
(800) 642-8244
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Works
with hospitals, local health departments, and nursing homes to prevent the
increase of needlestick injuries in West Virginia.
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Tuberculosis Control
(304) 558-3669
(800) 330-8126
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Provides, through
and in cooperation with the fifty-five (55) county health departments,
disease control and elimination services statewide.
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WVEDSS
West Virginia Electronic Disease Surveillance System
(304) 558-5358
(304) 558-6463
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WVEDSS
is the State of West Virginia's response to the NEDSS (National Electronic
Disease Surveillance System) initiative. Still in the planning stages,
this system will dramatically enhance disease surveillance, detection and
response activities in West Virginia and minimize or eliminate the delays
inherent in current paper-based systems. Although WVEDSS will
eventually support all disease surveillance in West Virginia, it will
initially focus on infectious, reportable diseases.
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