News and Alerts

• Immokalee Birth Defects Report (PDF 61.8KB)

• Back-To-School Immunizations Information

• Healthy People Report Card May 2005 (PDF 173KB)

• Volunteer School Nursing Opportunity (PDF 69KB)

• Public Health Performance Standards Assessment (PDF 624KB)

• How Florida should prepare for Terrorism

• Smallpox Education

• Attention Private Well Residents of the Golden Gate City

• Precautions for the Avoidance of Mosquito Borne Illness

How Florida should prepare for Terrorism:
Check out our guide on how to prepare for Terrorism. "The threat of terrorism does not have to change your life. Just Be Prepared."

Smallpox Education:
Public Health Preparedness and Response

Public Service Announcement:
Attention Private Well Residents of the Golden Gate City.
The Collier County Health Department has put together a brochure containing general information on Private Wells and dangers of the water within them. It can be printed for easier viewing.
Golden Gate Private Well Brochure (PDF 102KB)

PRECAUTIONS FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF MOSQUITO BORNE ILLNESS:

In order to prevent the potential spread of St. Louis Encephalitis (SLE) and other mosquito borne illnesses, the Collier County Health Department and the Collier Mosquito Control District are advising Collier County residents and visitors, especially people over age 50, to take increased precautions to guard against mosquito bites.

  Health officials recommend the following precautions:

• Minimize outdoor activities between dusk and dawn when
  mosquitoes are most active.

• When outdoors and mosquitoes are present, wear shoes and socks, long, loose pants and a long sleeved shirt.

• Use mosquito repellant containing DEET on exposed skin when it is necessary to be outdoors.

• Check residential screening, including porches and patios, for tears and other openings; and

• Eliminate stagnant water in birdbaths, lily ponds, flowerpots, tires and any other receptacles which hold water in which mosquitoes breed.

These precautions are those normally suggested this time of the year, every year.

For further information or questions, please contact either Dr. Frank Van Essen, Director, Collier Mosquito Control District at 436-1000 or Muhammad Abbasi, Collier County Health Department at 252-8993.