Mobile County Health Department; Family Health - Downtown Health Center

For more than 200 years, Prevention and Wellness has been the cornerstone of the MCHD. By encouraging preventive practices, promoting health and wellness, and providing educational services to the communities of Mobile County, prevention and wellness continue to exemplify the vision of a healthy, safe, prepared, and educated community.

The Bureau of Community and Nutrition Services includes the Fatherhood Initiative, Faith-based Initiatives & Outreaches, Community Prevention programs (Students Working Against Tobacco, Teen Pregnancy Prevention, Family Support, Maternal & Child Health, Lead Prevention, Community Health Workers), Health Equity Office, Overdose Prevention, Vital Records (birth and death certificates, marriage and divorce decrees), Fetal & Infant Mortality Review plus Women, Infants & Children (WIC) supplemental nutrition services.

The Bureau of Disease Surveillance and Control includes Tuberculosis Surveillance and Control, Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance and Control (based at the Southwest Public Health Center in Tillman’s Corner), Infectious Diseases and Outbreaks (Rabies Control and Vaccine Preventable Diseases), an COVID-19 Response.

The Bureau of Environmental Health includes Inspection Services (restaurant ratings, food inspections), Onsite Services (septic tanks) and Vector Services (mosquito and rodent control).

Emergency Preparedness (natural and manmade disasters).