The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is the code department
of the
Illinois state government that prevents and controls disease and injury, regulates medical practitioners, and promotes sanitation.
IDPH offices
The Illinois Department of Public Health consists of these offices:
* Office of the Director
* Office of Finance and Administration
* Office of Health Care Regulation
* Office of Health Promotion
* Office of Health Protection
* Office of Human Resources
* Office of Information Technology
* Office of Performance Management
* Office of Policy, Planning, and Statistics
* Office of Preparedness and Response
* Office of Women's Health
Notable people
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Catherine Stokes
Catherine Stokes is a pioneering African-American member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). She is also a retired deputy director of the Illinois Department of Public Health and a community volunteer.
Stokes was born ...
, is a retired deputy director of the Illinois Department of Public Health and a community volunteer.
See also
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COVID-19 pandemic in Illinois
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic began in the U.S. state of Illinois on January 24, 2020, when a woman in Chicago, who had just returned from the pandemic's place of origin in Wuhan, Hubei, China, tested positive for the virus. This was the second ...
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2019–2020 vaping lung illness outbreak
An outbreak of e-cigarette, or vaping, product use-associated lung injury (EVALI) started in 2019 among users of illegal, unregulated cannabis vaping products, almost exclusively in the United States. The first cases of this particular outbrea ...
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2003 Midwest monkeypox outbreak
Beginning in May 2003, by July a total of 71 cases of human monkeypox were found in six Midwestern states including Wisconsin (39 cases), Indiana (16), Illinois (12), Kansas (1), Missouri (2), and Ohio (1). The cause of the outbreak was traced ...
References
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Medical and health organizations based in Illinois
Public Health
Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals". Analyzing the det ...
State departments of health of the United States
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