Our mission is to preserve, maintain and advance the City's public health standards. The Health Department strives to promote and protect the health and wellness of the people within Lowell: residents, workers and visitors.
Roles & Responsibilities
We fulfill our mission through a wide range of public health programs and outreach health education in a variety of areas. Among its various roles and responsibilities, the Health Department does the following.
Promotes immunization and targets the prevention of communicable and chronic diseases.
Responds to reportable diseases of public health concern.
Provides nurses to over 14,000 children in the Lowell Public Schools throughout the City, as well as private schools under the Essential School Health Grant.
Manages the contract for the City's ambulance provider, Trinity EMS.
Delivers emergency preparedness and medical response to public health challenges.
Promotes environmental health.
Promotes, implements and enforces tobacco regulations regionally (Lowell and Lawrence) to protect the public from the harmful effects of secondhand smoke, and to reduce youth access to tobacco products. We are currently implementing a public health initiative promoting voluntary adoption of smoke-free policies in multi-residential buildings.
Public Health Division is the recipient of a MDPH grant that has allowed opioid abuse awareness and prevention education and outreach.
State Health Officials Alert Residents About Potential Exposure to Second Case of Measles in Lowell. Questions call: Lowell Health Department at 978-674-4010 or the Massachusetts Department of Public Health at 617-983-6800. Read More...