PUBLIC HEALTH

The mission of the Pitt County Health Department is to protect, promote, and assure the health of all Pitt County citizens. A number of services are provided to achieve this mission.

Clinic Services. A variety of clinical services are offered including pregnancy testing and maternity services, family planning services, well child health care, diagnosis and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases, HIV testing and counseling, immunizations for children and adults, tuberculosis treatment and follow-up, other communicable disease control, blood pressure/glucose/cholesterol screening, screening for selected cancers, nutrition counseling, and the Women's Infants and Children's (WIC) nutrition education and supplementation program.

Community Services. Health Department staff partner with the schools, local community groups, businesses, and other health care providers throughout the community to develop community based health improvement initiatives such as infant mortality reduction, breastfeeding promotion, chronic disease risk reduction and health promotion programs.