Cincinnati Health Department

The Cincinnati Health Department (CHD) is a municipal agency for the City of Cincinnati, Ohio, that runs health centers, lab services, communicable disease experts, environmental services and other public health programs.

[1] The CHD has more than 300 physicians, nurses, dentists and dental workers, laboratory technicians, pharmacists, dietitians, lead experts, sanitarians, litter control experts, pest control operators and licensed risk assessors.

As of 2022, CHD had 470 employees and operated on a $50 million annual budget.

Grant Mussman has held the position since January 2023.

Numbers as recent as 2022 indicate one out of every six residents of Cincinnati gets their primary medical care through the agency.