The Cook County Department of Public Health (CCDPH) is proud to share progress on Building Healthier Communities 2030, our next Community Health Assessment and Improvement Plan (CHA/CHIP). This community-driven initiative aims to advance health equity and create lasting, systemic change across suburban Cook County.
maternal and child health
Cook County Department of Public Health Launches New Website on Maternal Health
Nearly 90 women die each year in Illinois while pregnant or within one year of pregnancy, according to state public health data. Black women in Illinois and Cook County are two to three times more likely than white women to die from a pregnancy-related condition, such as blood pressure disorders, heart disease and infections; yet 90 percent of these deaths are preventable.
Cook County “Syphilis Stops with Me” Awareness Campaign Seeks to Educate Women of Childbearing Age to Prevent Newborn Syphilis
FOREST PARK, IL – Cook County Department of Public Health (CCDPH) launched the “Syphilis Stops with Me” campaign today, to arm women of childbearing age with the knowledge they can protect their unborn babies from congenital (newborn) syphilis by getting regular prenatal care, including testing and treatment for syphilis, a common sexually transmitted infection (STI).