About Us
The Middlesex-London Health Unit is one of 29 public health units in Ontario. Through the delivery of mandated public health services, guided by the Ontario Public Health Standards and overseen by the Middlesex-London Board of Health, the Middlesex-London Health Unit plays a critical role in protecting and promoting health within Middlesex County and the City of London.
The work of the Health Unit is diverse, unified by a population health approach focused on prevention, upstream interventions, and addressing the social and structural determinants that influence the health of Middlesex-London. When making decisions and doing our work, we focus on the health of the whole community, striving to create conditions where everyone can thrive.
The key programs and services we offer include:
- Infectious Disease Control: including case and contact and outbreak management, sexual health clinics, and investigation of reported animal bites.
- Immunization: including community- and school-based immunization clinics, promotion of vaccination, and monitoring of vaccination rates.
- Oral Health: including oral health screening in schools, and provision of dental care for eligible seniors and youth.
- Environmental Health: including inspection and monitoring of food establishments, water quality, environmental hazard investigation, tobacco enforcement, and control of vector-borne diseases.
- Comprehensive Health Promotion: is aimed at promoting population health, including anti-smoking and vaping campaigns, addressing substance use, nutrition and food accessibility, and healthy public policy initiatives.
- Emergency Preparedness: including planning for and responding to public health emergencies, including pandemics and environmental hazards.
- Early Childhood Development: including home-visiting programs and classes for pregnant individuals and new parents, and prenatal education.
- Population Health Assessment and Surveillance: including ongoing monitoring and communication of health risks and outcomes.
