Laboratory and Outreach Efforts
Laboratory reporting and surveillance analysis play a critical role in identifying and monitoring diseases. Additional components include outreach events and notifying at-risk individuals across public health jurisdictions.
Diseases and Conditions
Identify and understand the risk, transmission, symptoms, and treatments.
Disease Reporting Information
Health care and laboratory providers are required to report conditions of public health importance to the Florida Department of Heath.
Refugee Health
The Refugee Health Program (RHP) leads the effort in providing culturally sensitive health services to individuals who have fled their home countries due to political, religious, or economic persecution. These services support refugees in achieving better health and self-sufficiency in the U.S.
To protect public health and enhance personal health outcomes, the RHP provides health assessments and vaccinations to eligible refugees, asylees, Cuban/Haitian entrants, Amerasians, those with special immigrant visas, and victims of human trafficking. Refugees with identified health conditions are referred to primary care physicians and specialists for follow-up care.
The program is funded by the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement and the Florida Department of Children and Families, Refugee Services.