Service Results for Public Health

Influenza season runs from October through April each year. Below are the reports from influenza season 2016-2017. These reports are issued monthly during influenza season. After regular flu season ends in April, influenza data is collected and analyzed weekly, but reports are only published monthly as long as activity remains low.

Influenza season runs from October through April each year. Below are the reports from influenza season 2017-2018. These reports are issued monthly during influenza season. After regular flu season ends in April, influenza data is collected and analyzed weekly, but reports are only published monthly as long as activity remains low.

Influenza season runs from October through April each year. These reports are issued monthly during influenza season. After regular flu season ends in April, influenza data is collected and analyzed weekly, but reports are only published monthly as long as activity remains low.

The LDH Office of Public Health is comprised of 1,100 professionals across Louisiana who are charged with protecting and promoting the health of the communities of our state. The agency operates more than fifty programs with staff in 63 parish health units, three speciality clinics, nine regional offices, three centers, fifteen bureaus, and nearly 600 contractual agreements.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network (CDC Tracking) is a premier online resource for environmental health information. It will improve our nation’s understanding of how the environment affects peoples’ health, making our communities safer. At the national level, CDC Tracking partners extensively with other states, agencies, organizations and U.S. universities. The CDC and Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) entered into a cooperative agreement in 2009, renewed in 2014, to establish an Environmental Public Health Tracking Program (EPHT) in Louisiana.

The Bureau of Performance Improvement is dedicated to ensuring that performance improvement (PI) and quality improvement (QI) programs are developed in alignment with the OPH Strategic Plan and State Health Improvement Plan.

Tracking Adult Obesity in Louisiana

Tracking Asthma in Louisiana