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Our Vision

"Excellence with Efficiency"

The mission of the Norwalk Health Department is to prevent disease, assure a healthy environment, and promote the highest quality of life within our changing community. During this fiscal year (7/1/07- 6/30/08) there will be a focus on improvements in three areas.

One major focus will be on monitoring health status and understanding health issues facing the community. Here, our efforts will be aimed at identifying and gathering data that describes the health status of the community. Since this information is a critical first step in assessing the community's health, once it is available, the next step in this process will be undertaking a community health assessment.

The second major focus will be on developing the capacity to evaluate and improve programs and interventions as part of our commitment to continuous quality improvement.

The third focus will be on protecting people from health problems and health hazards. The emphasis here will be on continuing to develop the public health emergency response capacity and meeting regulatory mandates for environmental and clinical programs.

The Health Department is made up of a team of trained health professionals and competent support staff. A six member voluntary Board of Health provides valuable guidance in the development of policy. Under the direction of the Mayor and the Common Council the organization carries out the mission.