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Provides disease surveillance and investigations to determine the source and spread of infectious diseases. This program is to determine the extent of infection and the risk of disease so that measures can be quickly and effectively applied.

Also provides Tuberculosis (TB) testing and treatment.

Offers public health services to the Buchanan County communities. Services focus on disease prevention, health education, and emergency preparedness. 

-- Investigates all reportable diseases occurring in Jo Daviess County in order to prevent the spread of infectious diseases.

-- Tuberculosis skin testing, treatment, and follow up care.

-- Provide individual/community education.

Provides communicable disease follow-up and education to control the spread of infection and illness.

Provides infection control training to community agencies and organizations and offers immunization programs, including COVID-19 vaccination clinics and general immunizations, to prevent the spread of diseases.

Adult wellness clinic offers full lipid profile (Cholesterol) with glucose, tuberculosis clinic, and immunization clinic.

Promotes optimal health among county residents by preventing and controlling the spread of communicable diseases. The health department conducts investigations for those diseases reportable to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

Provides programs and services protect public health by reducing the burden of communicable diseases and non-communicable diseases. Services include breast and cervical cancer screenings, through the Illinois Breast and Cervical Cancer Program, tuberculosis screening, STI and HIV testing, smoking prevention, immunizations, and COVID-19 testing and vaccines.

Provides programs and services protect public health by reducing the burden of communicable diseases and non-communicable diseases. Services include breast and cervical cancer screenings (through the Illinois Breast and Cervical Cancer Program), tuberculosis screening, STI and HIV testing, and immunizations.

Provides communicable disease control services to the Ford County communities. FCPHD actively works to protect Ford County residents from contracting and transmitting infectious diseases through active surveillance, investigations, diagnostic screenings, referrals, and reporting as mandated by the Illinois Department of Public Health.

Offers follow-up and education to control the spread of infection and illness, case management, rabies, and TB.

Investigation and reporting of communicable diseases, includes STD and HIV/AIDS, as well as referral for testing and treatment.

Provides protection to the community through disease surveillance, outbreak detection and investigation, the implementation of disease control and prevention measures, and the mandated reporting to the Illinois Department of Public Health. Educational and referral services are available to enhance community awareness and knowledge of signs, symptoms, treatment, and available resources for infectious diseases.

Public Health Preparedness develops plans and ideas to help protect the community against threats such as pandemic influenza, biological or chemical agent, and natural disasters.

Public Health Preparedness staff actively work with other community agencies to work towards good communication and the sharing of resources.

Provides public health services and emergency preparedness.

Disease surveillance (responsibility shared with NHHSS)
a. School surveillance - absenteeism counts are collected weekly
b. West Nile Virus - dead bird collection and testing and mosquito trapping and testing
c. Rabies monitoring in animals and investigate potential human exposures
d. Other community health threats, as needed: mold, pertussis, food-borne illness

Scrubby Bear, an American Red Cross program that teaches proper hand-washing techniques to children in preschool through third grade.

Vaccinations for children.