Let’s Get Vaccinated, Wood County!

Wood County Health Department has scheduled flu vaccine clinics. The list will be updated as clinics continue to be scheduled. To find those dates, click here.  ...

SepticSmart Week

This week is SepticSmart Week! To celebrate, the Wood County Health Department will be posting SepticSmart educational materials created by the EPA on our Facebook page. Additionally, one of our program staff will be featured on two local radio stations this Thursday to discuss SepticSmart Week and the...

Innovative Training Brings Infection Control to Life in Healthcare Care Facilities

Bowling Green, Ohio— Wood County Health Department, in partnership with the Toledo-Lucas County Health Department and the Hancock Public Health, has successfully completed a series of innovative infection control trainings in healthcare facilities throughout Northwest Ohio. This initiative has been supported...

Health Department Lobby Now Open for All Services

Wood County Health Department's renovations are complete and the main lobby is now open for all services. WIC (Women, Infants and Children) Birth and Death Records Environmental Licensing and Permits The Wood County Community Health Center, including the Health Center Pharmacy.   Thank  you for...

Crim Elementary Students Lead the Way in Anti-Vaping Advocacy

Wood County Health Department is thrilled to share an exciting project completed in collaboration with a local BG City School. In a meaningful display of youth engagement and creativity, all fourth and fifth grade students at Crim Elementary—108 students in total—participated in an Anti-Vaping Video...

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Primary Care, Dental Care and Behavioral Health Care - Accepting New Patients

Our Community Health Center provides quality health services to improve the well-being of individuals and families. We offer a wide range of services including medical care integrated with behavioral health care, dental care and an onsite pharmacy. Everyone is welcome, regardless of insurance coverage or ability to pay. Medicaid and Medicare accepted.


Protecting our water, air, food, and resources

The Environmental Health division helps protect our water, air, food and other resources from contamination through the administration and enforcement of many programs that cover private water systems, home sewage treatment systems, food safety, recreational swim and camp areas, body art, school and institution inspections, housing and animal bite/human rabies prevention.



Improving the health of Wood County

Wood County Health Department’s Health Promotion & Prevention Division brings together several programs to protect and improve the health of the people of Wood County, including community nursing programs, infectious and chronic disease surveillance, and houses our Medical Reserve Corp volunteer program.


Women, Infants, & Children WIC

WIC Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children

Wood County Health Department’s Nutrition Division oversees the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, most commonly known as WIC. WIC is a USDA-funded program that provides nutrition education, breastfeeding education and support, supplemental, highly nutritious foods, referrals to prenatal and pediatric health care and other maternal and child health and human service programs. Income-eligible pregnant women, children under five years old and grandparents caring for their grandchildren under five years old can participate in WIC.

Birth & Death Certificates

Birth and death certificates are available through Wood County Health Department's Vital Statistics Office.

 

Resources for Healthy Lives

Six in ten Americans live with at least one chronic disease, like heart disease and stroke, cancer, or diabetes. These and other chronic diseases are the leading causes of death and disability in the U.S. Learn about steps to reduce risk for chronic diseases and live healthier lives.

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