BPH Office Locations

Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Mandated to investigate and certify all deaths that occur within West Virginia that are the result of violence, suspected violence, accidents, during incarceration, potential hazards to the public safety or health, and all unattended or unexplained deaths

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Office of Community Health Systems and Health Promotion
To monitor and reduce the prevalence of chronic disease and their contributing risk factors.

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Office of Emergency Medical Services
Provides EMS workforce development assistance programs, reasonable provider regulations, and increased operational awareness throughout the State.

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Office of Epidemiology and Prevention Services
Consists of seven divisions including Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Immunization Services, Hemophilia, Cancer Epidemiology, STD, HIV & Hepatitis and Tuberculosis that track disease occurence, providing preventive intervention and public education

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Office of Environmental Health Services
To improve environmental health protection for every West Virginia citizen and visitor through quality programs that are designed and administered to serve, educate and regulate in the least restrictive and most efficient manner.

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Health Statistics Center
The Health Statistics Center has two main functions: to be the state's official repository of vital records and to analyze and make available information from vital records and other health-related data sources to inform planning and policy decisions

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Office of Laboratory Services
West Virginia Office of Laboratory Services support state and local infectious disease control efforts through diagnostic testing, preventing metabolic disorders detectable at birth, and assuring quality testing in clinical and environmental laboratories

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Office of Maternal, Child and Family Health
Providing leadership to support state and community efforts to build systems of care that assure the health and well-being of all West Virginians.

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Office of Nutrition Services
Office of Nutrition Services administers several programs and initiatives designed to promote a healthy start for West Virginia's children

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Center for Performance Management and Systems Development
The WV Center for Performance Management and Systems Development is dedicated to supporting performance and quality improvement initiatives of the Bureau for Public Health, the state’s local health departments and other public health system partners in We

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Center for Threat Preparedness
The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (WVDHHR) is the state agency charged with overseeing the health response to disasters occurring within the borders of West Virginia.

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Center for Local Health
The Center for Local Health is under the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources Bureau for Public Health. The Center for Local Health provides technical support and assistance to forty-nine (49) autonomous local boards of health.

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Welcome to the Bureau for Public Health



Welcome to the Bureau for Public Health website. Service, Quality, Integrity, Accountability and Collaboration are the keys to our success.  We hope you find our website to be helpful and look forward to serving you.

Mission

The Mission of the Bureau for Public Health is to have healthy people and communities and to help shape the environments within which people and  communities can be safe and healthy. 

A community can be as small as a neighborhood or as large as the entire state.  In fulfilling our Mission, the Bureau embraces the values of community, science and evidence-based decision making, health equity, prevention and wellness, and the protection and improvement of the health of all West Virginians.

Watch the video: Overview of Bureau for Public Health

Rahul Gupta, MD, MPH, FACP
Commissioner 
State Health Officer

Zika Information
www.zikawv.org (Case counts, education, and advisories)

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Contact Information

Bureau for Public Health
Office of the Commissioner
350 Capitol Street, Room 702
Charleston, WV 25301

(304) 558-2971
(304) 558-1035 (fax)

Emergency Information

Public Health Emergency
Contact Information

For Disease Reporting
or Epi Consultation
Call:1-800-423-1271 ext 1

or

1-304-558-5358 ext 1

You may call:
(304) 925-9946.

 

For all other
Public Health Emergencies
Call: (304) 558-2971

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