| Click here for our 42nd Annual Report for the year 2008 Or, click here for the 2007 Annual Report |
The mission of the Vermilion County Health Department is to improve the quality of life for all residents of Vermilion County, Illinois, utilizing disease prevention, health protection, and health promotion programs designed to provide a healthier life and environment through enhanced community collaboration, cooperation and communication. |
Regularly scheduled Board of Health meetings in 2010 will be held on the 3rd Tuesday of the month, at 7pm at the health department, 200 S. College Street in Danville: February 16th March 16th April 20th May 18th June 15th July 20th August 17th September 21st October 16th November 17th December - No Meeting Agendas will be posted at least 48 hours in advance of meetings. All meetings are open to the public, unless closed in compliance with the Illinois Open Meetings Act. Board meeting minutes are available, as they are approved by board action,by clicking here |
| HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability) What is HIPAA? How does it affect you and your private medical information? For more details go to our Health Information Page |
| Want to find out more about public health grant
money that comes into Vermilion County? Click here to link to the Illinois Department of Public Health website for more information. |
The
national alliance for Hispanic Health now offers a national, toll-free
Spanish-English hotline available 8am to 5pm, Monday-Friday. The Hotline
will refer callers to clinics and public health programs, as well as health
information. The number to call, toll free is 866- 783-2645. |
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| The Vermilion County Board's minutes for the May 18, 2010 meeting have been approved and are available for public viewing. more... |
| Make sure your child's immunizations areup to date! The 2010 regular immunization schedules are available by clicking  Immunization Clinic Schedule |
Get out and walk! The American Heart Association is encouraging everyone to start walking for health and for life! Why not? Start slow and build. Walking 30 minutes a day will go a long way toward losing weight, managing stress, making your heart happy, and just feeling better. Give it a try. To find out more about starting a walking program, click here. |
5/4/10...With warmer weather, surveillance efforts are underway in Vermilion County to determine if the West Nile Virus has re-surfaced in the county. The Vermilion County Health Department is now collecting dead birds and setting mosquito traps in various locations. Health officials say mosquitoes become infected with West Nile virus when they feed on infected birds. The infected mosquitoes can then transmit the West Nile virus to humans, birds, and animals when biting occurs. VCHD is accepting perching birds that died from no apparent cause and are in tact.For info call 431-2662. or go to: IL Department of Public Health site. |
How healthy is our community? Take a look at the Robert Wood Johnson health rankings of 3,000 counties in the United States - incluing Illinois by clicking here .... |
The Ver  milion County Health Department completed its re-certification with the state of Illinois through 2012. As a component of the re-certification process, a community needs assessment was completed in 2007. Along with the assessment, a group of community representatives identified three priority areas to focus on during the next five years in order to improve the lives of Vermilion County residents:(1) Reduce the percentage of births to teens in Vermilion County; (2) Reduce the incidence of premature deaths (under the age of 65) in Vermilion County from disease of the heart; (3) Reduce violent and abusive behaviors in Vermilion County. The IPLAN process will begin again in 2011/12. If you are interested in having a voice in identifying community health issues, contact Director of Community Health Services, Jenny Trimmell via email or by calling 431-2662, ext 229. If you would like to read the IPLAN, it is available in a WORD document or as a PDF file Supporting data is available upon request by calling 431-2662. |
4/22/2010...$400,000 in federal grant funding is coming to Vermilion County to identify and assess property that may contain hazardous waste, pollution or contamination. Only four such grants were awarded in the state of Illinois this year. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is awarding Vermilion County two separate grants: a $200,000 assessment grant for hazardous substances and a $200,000 grant for petroleum, as part of the EPA’s Brownfields Assessment Program. A Brownfield site is property that may be left vacant, underused, or rejected for redevelopment because of the potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant, according to the EPA. Vermilion County Health Department Environmental Health staff applied for the funds. Over the next three years, if the health department remains open, staff will use the assessment grant to inventory and evaluate sites within Vermilion County that are suspected to contain hazardous substances and petroleum contamination. \ |
4/12/10... Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Damon T. Arnold has released the Hospital Report Card and an update to the Consumer Guide to Health Care Web site. The Hospital Report Card Act requires all Illinois hospitals to report nurse staffing, infection prevention measures and hospital acquired infections data to the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH). For more information, click here, or to view the report card, click here. |
3/22/10....Dr. Damon T. Arnold, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), is announcing the launch of the Electronic Birth Registration System within the Division of Vital Records. Earlier this year, the Department implemented a new birth registration system in all 121 birthing hospitals throughout Illinois. Instead of hospitals filing paper birth certificates with the local registrar, who then sends the paper certificate to the Division of Vital Records, birth records are now handled electronically. |
The state of Illinois has created a new website, www.ready.illinois.gov. to help the public prepare for all types of emergencies. Visit the site and get informaiton for you and your family before, during and after any kind of emergency. Find out how to keep your pets safe; emergency communications; what to have in an emergency kit; how to prepare you business. Don't wait till after something happens. Prepare today! |
According to the Center for Disease Control & Prevention, vaccines are one of the greatest success stories in public health. Find out more by visiting the CDC's website |
For information about cleaning up after flooding, go to After the Flood or Cleaning Up After Flood and Sewer Overflows . |
PUBLIC NOTICE
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4/26/10.... – Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Damon T. Arnold is encouraging parents to talk with their health care provider about ensuring their child is up-to-date on immunizations. Each year, thousands of children become ill from diseases that could have been prevented by basic childhood immunizations. Countless more miss time from day care and school because they are under-immunized or inappropriately immunized..For more information, click here. Or, for the Vermilion County Health Department's schedule of immunizations, click here |
3/24/10.... Illinois ranks 5th in the nation for highest number of TB cases, despite seeing the lowest number of tuberculosis cases last year, Illinois public health officials say the state is currently investigating a TB outbreak at a Kane County homeless shelter. The outbreak highlights the need for vigilance with this life-threatening disease. For more information on TB efforts in Illinois, please click here Please Note: Due to re-structuring at the health department, TB tests will only be done on Mondays and results will be read on Thursdays. |
Keep Vermilion County Beautiful now has its own website. Please visit them and find out about this successful volunteer program that is working to improve the face of Vermilion County neighborhoods.
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| The Illinois Department of Public Health provides child product recall information on its Web site – This information can be accessed by going to the A-Z Topics List on the left side of the Department home page, select the letter “C” and click on Children’s Product Safety. There are several links that can be accessed from this page, including the CPSC, which lists all recalls. |
Smoking is prohibited in indoor public places, places of employment, and within 15 feet of any entrance to a public place or place of employment in the state of Illinois.
Information about the requirements ofthe law is available from the Illinois Department of Public Health.
All complaints about violations of the Smoke-free Illinois law should be filedon the: Department of Public Health's website (by clicking here) Or you may file your complaint by calling the state at 1-866-973-4646. |
The Vermilion County Health
Department offers vaccinations to protect young
girls from Human Papillomavirus Virus (HPV), which can cause
cervical cancer. Click here for an HPV Fact Sheet of information. The health department provides the 3-dose schedule of vaccine for girls ages 9 to 18 by appointment only. The cost for HPV vaccine at the health department is $7.00/dose, or $21.00 for all three doses. For more information, or to make an appointment, call 431-2662. |
What is community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA)? Staph and MRSA can also cause illness in persons outside of hospitals and healthcare facilities. MRSA infections that are acquired by persons who have not been recently (within the past year) hospitalized or had a medical procedure (such as dialysis, surgery, catheters) are know as CA-MRSA infections. Staph or MRSA infections in the community are usually manifested as skin infections, such as pimples and boils, and occur in otherwise healthy people. For more information, go to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. |
