What we do
The Department of Public Health works to make Philadelphia a healthy place to live, work, and play.
Our department:
- Provides high-quality medical care at City health centers.
- Prevents the spread of illness and infectious disease.
- Protects against environmental hazards.
- Encourages healthy behaviors to prevent chronic disease.
- Plans and responds to health emergencies.
- Ensures the quality and accessibility of health services.
- Sets health policy.
- Collects, analyzes, and reports on a variety of public health data.
We also convene two boards that provide guidance on policy and regulatory issues: the Board of Health and the Air Pollution Control Board.
By providing a safety net to the City’s most vulnerable people, we work to keep everyone in Philadelphia healthy.
Connect
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1101 Market St.
13th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19107 |
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Phone:
(215) 686-5200
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Announcements
Announcement
Network outages scheduled, March 24
The City will perform routine maintenance on our web applications and systems March 24th at 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Websites and applications, such as Bill Pay, may not be available during this time. We apologize for the inconvenience.
