Public Health
The mission of Ashland County Public Health is to promote and protect optimal health and safety in Ashland County through education, encouragement and empowerment.
Local health departments and hospitals are responsible for conducting a Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA), which is instrumental to developing a Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP). The Community Health Improvement Plan is developed by Ashland, Bayfield and Iron Counties Public Health and Tamarack Health Ashland Medical Center.
Public Health Services include:
- Child and Adult Immunizations
- Child Death Review Team
- Community Education
- Community Support Program
- Disease Control and Prevention
- AIDS Resource Center of WI
- Tuberculin Skin Test
- Narcan® Direct
- Emergency Preparedness
- Winter Weather
- Register for Emergency Alerts using your email or phone number. Ashland County will use the Genasys ALERT system to notify you about issues that may affect your safety, such as tornadoes, flooding, gas leaks or other emergencies
- Environmental Lead Risk Assessment with a Certified Lead Specialist
- Family Planning/Reproductive Health Services
- Health Data
- Health Information and Referral
- Human Health Hazard
- Lake Superior Beach Monitoring
- Maternal and Child Health
- Well Badger Resource Center call 1-800-642-7837
- Well Badger Resource Center
- Newborn Home visits
- Prenatal Care Coordination
- Public Health Vending Machines / Harm Reduction
- Radon Testing
- Sharps Collection
- $5 per pound or a $5 minimum fee
- Tobacco Control
- Walk-In Clinics
- Well Water Testing
- Women, Infants, and Children Food and Nutrition Service (WIC)