The Public Health Department focuses on community and population-level health, preventing and addressing root causes of health inequity across a range of communicable and chronic diseases.
The Environmental Health Department works to keep our air, water, and food safe; it regulates, protects, and promotes the health of everyone in Alameda County by enforcing environmental health codes to reduce exposure to toxins and diseases.
Alameda County breastfeeds! We help babies get the best start in life by ensuring families and their healthcare providers, childcare providers, and public health services have support for breastfeeding.
The FIMR program in Alameda County gathers data on fetal and infant loss, sharing it with providers to analyze and make community, behavioral, and healthcare system improvements.
Provides information about vaccine recommendations for people of all ages, school and child care requirements, and offers support to schools and child care providers, medical providers, and community outreach organizations.
Women, Infants & Children (WIC) Supplemental Nutrition Program
WIC is a national supplemental food and nutrition program for growing families that provides benefits for healthy foods, nutrition education, breastfeeding support, and other community services.