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Letitia Dzirasa (born c. 1982) is an American pediatrician who was the interim deputy mayor of Baltimore for equity, health, and human services from 2023 to 2024. She served as the commissioner of the Baltimore City Health Department from 2019 to 2023.
The Baltimore City Health Department (BCHD) is the public health agency of the city of Baltimore, Maryland.BCHD convenes and collaborates with other city agencies, health care providers, community organizations and funders to "empower Baltimoreans with the knowledge, access, and environment that will enable healthy living."
Emenuga specializes in public health, preventative care, and wellness medicine. [5] She speaks English, French, and Igbo. [5] In April 2014, Emenuga was issued a medical license by the Maryland Board of Physicians. [2] She was a medical director in the youth wellness and community health division in the Baltimore City Health Department. [2]
When Dr. David Bishai stepped into the role of Harford County health officer, he did so with an eye toward mitigating the coronavirus pandemic in the relatively conservative Baltimore suburb. He ...
Baltimore makes up 9% of Maryland’s population but represents 44% of the state’s overdose deaths, according to the Baltimore City Health Department. Overall, Baltimore has an average of more ...
In her role as commissioner, Wen oversaw the Baltimore City Health Department, an agency of 1,100 employees and $130 million annual budget with wide-ranging responsibilities, including management of acute communicable diseases, animal control, chronic disease prevention, emergency preparedness, food service inspections, HIV/AIDS and other ...
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The city of Baltimore, Maryland, claims it established the first US health department in 1793, [3] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, followed 1794, claiming its Board of Health as "one of the first". [4] And Boston , Massachusetts, claims in 1799 it established the first board of health and the first health department, with Paul Revere named as the ...