Public Health Impact Task Force Presentation

Serving West Virginia Residents Comprehensive Statewide Epidemiological Services WEST VIRGINIA Department of Health Human Resources BUREAU FOR PUBLIC HEALTH Oversees statewide surveillance, investigation, and tracking of: required reportable conditions; communicable diseases; chronic diseases; maternal and child health indicators; and environmental related illnesses. Data Health Epidemiology People Current Activities • BPH employs a wide range of specialized epidemiologists, including infectious disease, environmental, maternal and child health, disaster and chronic disease epidemiologists. Maintains the statewide WV Immunization Information System. • Investigate an average of 134 outbreaks per year since 2009. 15

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