The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health provides public health services to Los Angeles County residents. Dr. Jeffrey Gunzenhauser is the Interim Health Officer and Medical Director for Los Angeles County. Cynthia Harding, MPH, is the Interim Director for the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.With a budget of 893 million dollars, Public Health has 39 programs and 14 public health centers to serve 10 million LA County residents.On March 27, 2014, former director Johnathan Fielding announced that he will retire from the department and go back to UCLA "to help train future health leaders and do research on how we can be even more effective."Public Health programs include: Environmental Health: operates restaurant rating system and grading systems for apartments and rental homes; inspects sewage treatment and water plants; enforces state and local environmental laws Chronic Disease & Injury Prevention; including Tobacco Control and Prevention, Nutrition, Senior Health, Physical Activity Promotion and Injury and Violence Prevention Communicable Disease Control & Prevention; including Acute Communicable Disease, Immunizations, Veterinary Public Health, Tuberculosis Control Program, and Public Health Laboratory. Substance Abuse Prevention & Control HIV & STD Programs Community Health Services Health Assessment & Epidemiology Health Facilities Inspection Children's Medical Services Maternal, Child & Adolescent Health Emergency Preparedness and Response
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