Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (for pda/handhelds)

Welcome to the Maryland DHMH Infectious Disease and Environmental Health Administration (IDEHA) website. IDEHA is committed to protecting the health of Marylanders by preventing the spread of infectious diseases, ensuring food safety, facilitating access to services for TB, sexually transmitted infections including HIV, rabies and other transmissible diseases, and providing facts and data on infectious disease and environmental health issues. We welcome your feedback.

Infectious Disease

Learn more about the epidemiology, prevention and care of the major infectious diseases that affect Marylanders

Environmental
Health

Environmental public health in Maryland is safe air, water, food, healthy homes and communities (summer youth camps, pools). Get environmental health data. 

Food Protection

For consumers and businesses: food manufacturing licensing;starting a new food business; milk and dairy products; and food emergencies. 

Policy, Law and Regulation

Read more about current Maryland policies, laws and regulations that seek to improve the health of Marylanders