Preventing disease, promoting health, protecting the environment and preserving vital records in our community.
In support of Allen County and its municipalities, the Allen County Department of Health strives to promote the health, safety and well-being of all residents. With guidance from the Indiana Department of Health and support from our many partnering agencies, we endeavor to have a model public health infrastructure that provides professional, responsive and cost-effective services to the community.
Vaccinations
Vaccines are safe, effective and one of the best ways to protect yourself and others from serious and potentially life-threatening illnesses.
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Vital Records
The Department issues certified birth and death certificates for all births and deaths occurring in Fort Wayne and Allen County, Indiana.
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Permits
We license and regulate facilities like retail food, lodging and tattoo & body piercing establishments; public swimming pools; and septic systems.
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HIV/STD Testing
Confidential, respectful and low-cost testing, treatment, counseling and other services for HIV and various sexually transmitted diseases are available by appointment.
Learn MoreProviding Essential Public Health Services
The Allen County Department of Health provides effective services that protect & promote the health, safety and well-being of the whole community.
Administer routine immunizations to help residents prevent infection from potentially deadly diseases.
License, inspect and investigate food establishment complaints to reduce foodborne illness risks.
Investigate, treat and manage latent TB infection and active TB disease cases.
Assess risks for lead, pests and other hazards that cause unhealthy homes.
Services include needle exchange, confidential addiction services counseling, wound care and confidential HIV and hepatitis C testing.
Check inspection records for food establishments, tattoo businesses, pools, hotels and motels and more.
From STDs to TB, find out about the testing options we provide.
Safe, effective and one of the best tools available to prevent disease.
Learn about required permits for restaurants, hotels, tattoo facilities, pools and more.
Find out more about how local public health protects the whole community.
Need a birth certificate? Vaccination records? Health inspection or other public record?
News
Influenza A (flu) activity is currently high in our community and across Indiana, and the Allen County Department of Health, Lutheran Health Network and Parkview Health are reminding residents to take precautions to help stop the spread of the potentially dangerous illness.
Cases of influenza (flu), COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) each have increased recently, and protection is especially important as friends and family prepare to gather for the holidays.
The Allen County Department of Health will continue in 2025 to work with community partners to promote and protect public health, providing them with needed resources to continue and expand efforts to improve the health of local residents.
The Allen County Department of Health and Fort Wayne Community Schools (FWCS) are working closely to respond to an exposure of active tuberculosis (TB) within FWCS.
Summer is here in Allen County, and so are mosquitoes. That means potential for the tiny, annoying pests to transmit diseases such as West Nile Virus – the leading cause of mosquito-borne disease in the continental U.S.
The Allen County Department of Health continues its partnership with Walgreens and will provide free, confidential HIV testing from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, June 27.
The Department of Health functions as an entity of Allen County Government