West Virginia Bureau for Public Health
The Bureau for Public Health is committed to empowering West Virginians to live their healthiest lives through programs that cover the lifespan from newborn care to death certificates and from drinking water to emergency medical services. The dedicated public servants who work in the nine offices and two centers, work day in and day out to assure and advance safety and health for the people of our great state. We embrace the values of community, science and evidence-based decision making, prevention and wellness, and the protection and improvement of the health of all West Virginians.
Center for Local Health
Ensure that the local health departments carry out public health activities that are accessible to the communities that they serve.
Community Health Systems and Health Promotion
To improve the health of West Virginians by promoting healthy lifestyles and increasing access to care.
Environmental Health Services
Works to enhance environmental health protection for every West Virginia citizen through quality programs that are designed and administered to serve, educate, and regulate in the least restrictive and most efficient manner.
Epidemiology and Prevention Services
Identification, surveillance, prevention, and treatment of infectious diseases to save lives and engage public health action.
Health Statistics Center
Registers, maintains, and corrects all vital events that occur in the state including birth, death, marriage, divorce, fetal death, and induced termination of pregnancy (ITOP) and all related records.
Laboratory Services
Supports state and local infectious disease control efforts through diagnostic testing, preventing metabolic disorders detectable at birth, and assuring the quality of testing in clinical and environmental laboratories.
Maternal, Child and Family Health
The Office of Maternal, Child and Family Health is to provide leadership to support state and community efforts to build systems of care that assure the health and well-being of all West Virginians.
Medical Cannabis
Ensures compliance with the Medical Cannabis Act, including monitoring the seed to sale system, approving patient medical IDs, approving physicians as registered practitioners, and approving caregiver applications.
Nutrition Services
The WIC program which aims to improve the health of women, infants and children in West Virginia by providing quality nutrition and breastfeeding counseling and education; as well as health monitoring and nutritious foods.
