Category: Events

Board of Health to Conduct Second Pop-Up COVID-19 Testing Site at The House of Hope Atlanta

DeKalb County COVID-19 Pop-Up Testing Site WHEN:           Monday, May 11, 2020, from 3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. WHERE:          The House of Hope Atlanta 4650 Flat Shoals Pkwy., Decatur, GA 30034 KEY FACTS: Testing is FREE. Pre-registration is required. Visit dekalbpublichealth.com for online registration or call the DeKalb County Board of Health’s COVID-19 Call Center at […]

Board of Health Opens Centers This Saturday for Back-to-School Rush

DECATUR, Ga. – Yes, it’s almost that time again. In three weeks, the first school buses in DeKalb County will roll, with the City Schools of Decatur starting August 1 and the DeKalb County School District starting August 5. Beginning this Saturday, the DeKalb County Board of Health will be open extra hours to help […]

Board of Health, DeKalb Police Team Up for Drug Take Back Day

DECATUR, Ga. – As spring cleaning is in full swing, health and law enforcement officials are reminding residents to properly dispose of the expired, unneeded and unwanted medications taking up space in the medicine cabinet. To make the process free and easy, the DeKalb County Board of Health is joining forces with the DeKalb County […]

DeKalb County Men’s Health & Wellness Fair: Strong 4 Family

DECATUR, Ga. – Men live with the everyday worries of helping to provide for the security and safety of their loved ones, while suffering silently with debilitating diseases and mental health issues. The DeKalb County Board of Health’s Men’s Health Initiative is giving men a platform to address these concerns. On Saturday, Nov. 7, the […]

33rd Annual DeKalb County Board of Health Volunteer Recongnition

EVENT:            33rd Annual DeKalb County Board of Health Volunteer Recognition DATE:               Wednesday, April 29, 2015 TIME:                Doors Open at 10:00 AM, Program: 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM LOCATION:  Callanwolde Fine Arts Center 980 Braircliff Rd. NE Atlanta […]

Baby Week 2014 Events

Health Assessment and Promotion (HAP) and Safe Kids DeKalb are excited to host “Baby Love”,  a week of maternal and child health events from Nov. 3-7, 2014. Each event during this week will focus on ways to keep babies “Happy, Healthy, and Safe.” EVENTS November 3rd, 2014 Rock-a-Bye Baby: Disparities in Birth Outcomes (A Video […]

DeKalb Board of Health Offers Education and Testing for World AIDS Day

The DeKalb County Board of Health will observe World AIDS Day 2013 with a series of educational and testing events.  The series’ theme is “Getting to Zero:  zero new infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths.”  World AIDS Day is Sunday, Dec. 1. HIV/AIDS continues to be a major public health concern in DeKalb County.  […]

Dresden Elementary Student Wins 2013 Dental Quiz Bowl

Deja Humphries recently won the DeKalb County Board of Health’s 2013 Dental Health Quiz Bowl.  Deja is a fifth grader at Dresden Elementary School. Atlanta City Councilmember Michael Julian Bond served as guest speaker at the awards ceremony.  He stressed the importance of each child preparing for adulthood by setting and achieving goals in their […]

Health and Wellness Summit

Sponsored by the DeKalb County Board of Health
Thursday, June 13th, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Doors open at 8 a.m, Lunch will be served!

** Service Alert **

Our IT team is currently working to resolve a technical issue affecting the GA WIC system. At this time, WIC services remain unavailable until the issue is fully resolved.

We understand the importance of WIC services and appreciate your patience as we work diligently to restore system functionality. Updates will be provided as soon as more info becomes available. Thank you for your understanding.

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Estámos trabajando para resolver un problema técnico que afecta al sistema WIC de Georgia. Actualmente, los servicios WIC no están disponibles hasta que el problema se resuelva por completo.

Comprendemos la importancia de los servicios WIC y agradecemos su paciencia mientras trabajamos diligentemente para restablecer la funcionalidad del sistema.

We are currently experiencing issues with our phone and network systems. We are working to return these systems to normal operations and apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
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Actualmente tenemos problemas con nuestros sistemas telefónicos y de red. Estamos trabajando para que estos sistemas vuelvan a funcionar normalmente y pedimos disculpas por cualquier inconveniencia que esto pueda causar.
SERVICE ALERT:

Due to a water main break along Clairmont Road, our North DeKalb Health Center will be closed for the remainder of the day. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. All appointments are being rescheduled or re-routed to one of our other health centers.
Stay tuned for updates. Thank you for your understanding!

ALERTA DE SERVICIO

Debido a una rotura en la tubería principal de agua a lo largo de Clairmont Road, nuestro Centro de Salud de North DeKalb estara cerrado por el resto del día. Pedimos disculpas por cualquier inconveniencia que esto pueda causar. Todas las citas se están reprogramando o redirigiendo a uno de nuestros otros centros de salud. Esté atentos a las actualizaciones. ¡Gracias por su comprensión!

SERVICE ALERT

Due to winter weather and potential hazardous travel conditions, all DeKalb Public Health centers will be closed on Thursday, January 23, 2025. Your safety is our top priority, and we urge everyone to stay safe and warm.

Please monitor dekalbpublichealth.com, our social media channels (Facebook, Instagram and X), and Atlanta-area news media for further operational updates.

ALERTA DE SERVICIO

Debido al clima invernal y las condiciones de viaje potencialmente peligrosas, todos los centros de Salud Pública de DeKalb estarán cerrados el jueves 23 de enero de 2025. Su seguridad es nuestra máxima prioridad e instamos a todos a mantenerse seguros y abrigados.

Esté atento a dekalbpublichealth.com, nuestros canales de redes sociales (Facebook, Instagram y X) y los medios de comunicación del área de Atlanta para obtener más actualizaciones operativas.

SERVICE ALERT:

Our health centers will be closed, December 25 and 26, 2025, in observance of the State holiday.

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Our health centers will be closed, on November 28 and 28, 2025, in observance of the State holiday.

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Our health centers will be closed, on November 11, 2025, in observance of Veterans Day.

SERVICE ALERT:

Due to unplanned maintenance,
our Clifton Springs Health Center will be on CLOSED on Monday, November 4, 2024.

Our East DeKalb, T. O. Vinson and North DeKalb
Health Centers remain open to serve you.

We apologize for any inconvenience and
appreciate your understanding. 

SERVICE ALERT:

Due to unexpected maintenance, our Clifton Springs Health Center will be closing early today at 2:30 p.m.
We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your understanding. Thank you!

SERVICE ALERT:

Our health centers will be closed, on October 13, 2025, in observance of the state holiday.

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Our health centers will be closed, on September 1, 2025, in observance of Labor Day.

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Our health centers will be closed, July 4, 2025, in observance of Independence Day.

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Our health centers will be closed, June 19, 2025, in observance of Juneteenth.

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Our health centers will be closed, May 26, 2025, in observance of Memorial Day.

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Our health centers will be closed April 18, 2025, in observance of the State holiday.
Nuestros centros de salud estarán cerrados el 18 de Abril de 2025, en conmemoración del feriado estatal.


T.O. Vinson Health Center will close at 5:00 p.m. Thursday, April 17, 2025.
El Centro de Salud T.O. Vinson cerrará a las 5:00 p.m. el jueves 17 de Abril de 2025.

SERVICE ALERT:

Our health centers will be closed January 20, 2025, in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr’s Birthday.

SERVICE ALERT:

Our health centers will be closed on January 1, 2025, in observance of the State holiday.

AIR QUALITY UPDATE 

Current weather models show that winds will begin to shift
from the east to the west after sunset on Wednesday.

Smoke from the BioLab facility fire in Rockdale County is predicted to settle towards the ground as it moves toward Atlanta. There is a high likelihood that people across Metro Atlanta will wake up on Thursday morning seeing haze and smelling chlorine.

For more information about health precautions, click here.

last updated 10/2/2024 at 5:45 p.m.

Warning SERVICE ALERT UPDATE Warning

DeKalb Public Health will resume normal operations
for all health centers and services at 8:15 a.m.,
on Monday, September 30.

SERVICE ALERT 

Due to today’s worldwide cybersecurity outage, some services have been impacted.

  • You may experience delays reaching our Call Center, which handles health center appointments.
  • WIC benefit issuance is unavailable at this time. However, eWIC cards can still be used at authorized WIC vendors.


This outage has not only affected DeKalb Public Health, but other government and business services, in Georgia, throughout the nation and internationally.

We apologize for the inconvenience and greatly appreciate your patience, as we work with our partners to fully restore systems.

SERVICE ALERT: Our health centers will be closed on Tuesday December 24 and Wednesday, December 25th, in observance of the holiday. Merry Christmas and happy holidays!