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Communicable Disease Prevention

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LCPH keeps track of communicable diseases in the community. We identify trends and outbreaks to prevent the spread of illness.

Download our fact sheets below or learn more through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Check out what LCPH does to prevent foodborne diseases - visit our food safety page.

LCPH provides vaccines to help prevent vaccine-preventable diseases.

Ohio Administrative Code Chapter 3701-3 provides a list of reportable infectious diseases in Ohio. These are diseases of public health concern that need to be reported in a timely manner to the health department by a healthcare provider or laboratory. Download that list by clicking here.