Welcome to the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) website. Our mission is to protect, promote, and preserve the health and well-being of all Allegheny County residents, particularly the most vulnerable. We strive daily to assure quality public health services to more than 1.2 million county residents. In September of 2017, we became a nationally accredited public health department.

Great progress has been made to improve the health of our community; however, there is still much to be done to make Allegheny County the healthiest county in the nation. We continue to face many challenges, including air quality, smoking, obesity, lead exposure, chronic disease and overdoses. Our Plan for a Healthier Allegheny (PHA) highlights important issues and brings together stakeholders across multiple sectors to address our top priorities. The PHA sets the stage for health improvement.

Your public health department strives to support healthy behaviors, improve environmental health and build a culture of health in all 130 municipalities in our county.

Explore our different services, programs and resources listed below to get in-depth information on a variety of topics. We hope you find it to be a useful source of public health information for you, your family and loved ones. If you have questions or concerns, please call us at 412-687-ACHD (2243) or use our online contact form.