The Maternal and Child Health Program (MCH) helps women and families to become healthy and stay healthy. MCH is an organized community effort to link people to services, create healthy communities, and raise community awareness.
Services include:
Connecting men and women to Sexual Health Services
Connecting
In 1975, the Cuyahoga County Board of Health instituted its Mosquito Control Program in response to a local outbreak of mosquito-borne encephalitis. Encephalitis is a potentially fatal inflammation of the brain and spinal cord. In Ohio, there are three prevalent mosquito-borne viruses that cause
For many years, the Cuyahoga County Board of Health (CCBH) conducted a state-mandated Manufactured Home Park Program. As of December 1, 2012, the Cuyahoga County Board of Health no longer licenses or conducts inspections of manufactured home parks in our health jurisdiction.
Manufactured Home Parks are
Asbestos
“Asbestos” is a commercial name, not a mineralogical definition, given to a variety of six naturally-occurring fibrous minerals. It is a mineral fiber that occurs in rock and soil. Due to its fiber strength and heat resistance, asbestos has been used in a variety of building construction
Mercury is a naturally occurring element found in the environment. It is a metal that can be found in 3 forms – elemental (metallic), organic, or inorganic.
Elemental mercury is a shiny, odorless, silver, liquid metal. This type of mercury is the elemental or “pure” form
The Cuyahoga County Medical Reserve Corps (CCMRC) is a volunteer organization that was established on February 21, 2006 to support the local public health departments in their emergency preparedness initiatives. Volunteers from the 59 cities, villages, and townships in Cuyahoga County make up the
