HKPR District Health Unit works with the residents of Haliburton County, Northumberland County and the City of Kawartha Lakes to help prevent illness, protect against disease and promote healthy lifestyles

Health Unit staff provide:

• information, guidance and support on a variety of public health issues, including nutrition, substance use, injury prevention, physical activity, tobacco use prevention, and heart health
• ensuring healthy communities through the testing and monitoring of water quality, inspection of food premises, investigation of environmental hazards and the follow-up of animal bites
• prevention of the spread of communicable diseases through immunization, infection control programs, outbreak management, and the follow-up of animal bites
• Sexual Health clinics for area residents, including confidential counselling, pregnancy testing, free condoms, low-cost birth control, cervical cancer screening (HPV testing), and the testing/treatment/teaching about sexually transmitted infections
• offers free preventive dental services, dental examinations for preschool and elementary school students, and information about financial-support programs that cover the costs of dental care
• provides education and resources on reproductive health and preschool speech and language development
• provides education and support to pregnant women, new mothers and their babies through the provincial Healthy Babies, Healthy Children Program 

Services and Programs:

• Sexual Health Clinic