Middlesex-London Health Unit

About Middlesex-London Health Unit

The Middlesex-London Health Unit is a public health organization located on Wellington St. in downtown London. It serves the residents of Middlesex County and the City of London by delivering mandated public health services guided by the Ontario Public Health Standards. The organization describes its work as a population health approach that focuses on prevention, addressing social and structural determinants of health, and creating conditions where the whole community can thrive. The Health Unit provides a wide range of services, including infectious disease control such as outbreak management and sexual health clinics. They offer immunization services through community and school-based clinics, as well as oral health screenings and dental care for eligible youth and seniors. Other programs include environmental health services like food establishment inspections, water quality monitoring, tobacco enforcement, and vector-borne disease control. They also provide early childhood development support through prenatal education, classes for new parents, and home-visiting programs like Nurse-Family Partnership and Healthy Babies Healthy Children. Additionally, the unit manages emergency preparedness for pandemics and environmental hazards, and offers health promotion initiatives regarding nutrition, substance use, and anti-smoking campaigns. The organization is overseen by the Middlesex-London Board of Health. While they operate various clinics in London and Strathroy for dental, vaccine, and birth control needs, the business notes that it is not a walk-in clinic.