Public Health Programs
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The Public Health and Prevention Division works to promote and encourage healthy behaviors, prevent the spread of disease, improve early child development, prevent injuries, respond to disasters that impact the medical and health delivery system, assist communities in recovery, and assure the quality and accessibility of health services throughout the county.
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For more information, please contact
Inyo County Health & Human Services
Public Health & Prevention Division at:
p. (760) 873-7868
f. (760) 873-7800
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Public Health Clinic: Walk-In Services – The Inyo County Public Health Immunization Program works to reduce vaccine-preventable diseases by improving vaccine coverage, conducting disease investigations/control, and by providing education, community collaboration, assessment, and Immunization Registry services.
Free Immunizations for Everyone:
- Influenza (6 months and older) - October to June
Adult Vaccines (>18 years old):
must be eligible for the VFA/BAP program (Uninsured or Underinsured)
Childhood Vaccines (<18 years old):
must be eligible for the VFC program (Medi-Cal Eligible, Uninsured, or American Indian or Alaskan Native)
- MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella)
- Hep A
- Hep B
- DTaP
- Tdap
- Polio
- Varicella
- HPV
- Meningococcal
- Coming Fall 2024-Winter 2025: RSV
Immunizations At-Cost:
- Adult Hep B (20+ years old)
- Tdap (10 to 64 years old) - available with Health Officer consult if patient is 6-9 years old or over the age of 64.
Family Planning Services (free for qualified individuals)
- Pregnancy Testing
- If client is determined pregnant, client will receive verification for emergency Medi-Cal coverage and WIC services
- STI Testing and Treatment
- HIV Testing and Case Management
- Free Condoms
- Birth Control - referrals
- Termination Services - referrals
Other Services:
- FREE - TB Assessment for Schools (children, teachers, and volunteers)
- $10.00 - TB Test Placement – PPD (usually for preschool/daycare staff and volunteers, city staff and volunteers, county employees, etc.)
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NARCAN Education and Distribution – FREE –Naloxone, also known as NARCAN, is a safe and effective medication that can reverse an overdose from opioids, including prescription painkillers, heroin, and/or fentanyl. The Public Health team works with Community Based Organizations to offer NARCAN trainings and distribution. If you or a loved are experiencing an addiction or are prescribed powerful narcotic painkillers, you should have naloxone on hand.
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Communicable Disease/Outbreak – The Public Health team works to promptly identify, prevent and control infectious diseases that pose a threat to public health, including emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, vaccine-preventable agents, bacterial toxins, bioterrorism, and pandemics.
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California Children Services (CCS Program) – CCS is a state program that helps children with certain diseases, physical limitations, or chronic health problems. Through this program, children up to 21 years old can get the health care and services they need. For more information about CCS visit your local office or go to https://www.dhcs.ca.gov/services/ccs.
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Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Division (MCAH) – The Maternal Child and Adolescent Health Program (MCAH) develops prevention and early intervention strategies to promote the health of the women, infants, children, and adolescents of Inyo County with a special focus on low-income populations.
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ADAP / HIV Case Management – The AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) is for people diagnosed with HIV or AIDS.
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Disaster Preparedness – The Disaster Team manages public health consequences of emergency events through effective, coordinated agency-wide preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation activities. Disaster Preparedness is responsible for emergency planning and training within public health and health care services, and coordinates disaster inventories for emergency response and recovery. It serves as the forum for developing and maintaining emergency response plans.
Parents can find information about which immunizations their child needs before starting school or childcare. School and child care staff can find tools to help implement California's immunization requirements.
Los padres pueden encontrar información sobre qué vacunas necesita su hijo antes de comenzar la escuela o la guardería. El personal de la escuela y del cuidado infantil puede encontrar herramientas para ayudar a implementar los requisitos de vacunación de California.
Stay on track with your child’s vaccines by following the recommended immunization schedules.
It’s important to plan ahead to get the shots required for all countries you and your family plan to visit.
Protect your child and family when traveling in the United States or abroad by:
- Getting the shots required for all countries you and your family plan to visit during your trip
- Making sure you and your family are up-to-date on all routine U.S. vaccines
- Staying informed about travel notices and alerts and how they can affect your family’s travel plans
Avoid getting sick or coming back home and spreading the disease to others.
Vaccinate at least a month before you travel
See your doctor when you start to plan your trip abroad. It’s important to do this well in advance.
- Your body needs time to build up immunity.
- You may need several weeks to get all the doses of the vaccine.
- Your primary doctor may not stock travel vaccines. Visit a travel medical clinic.
- You’ll need time to prepare for your pre-travel appointment.
- If the country you visit requires a yellow fever vaccine, only a limited number of clinics have the vaccine and will probably be some distance from where you live. You must get it at least 10 days before travel.
