By identifying specific public health problems and offering care to people the moment they need it, population health initiatives can work with primary care to improve health outcomes before patients go to their physician's office or the ER.

Evan Behrle, a special adviser for opioid policy with the Baltimore City Health Department, described a program that seeks to reduce the infant mortality rate by 40 percent within eight years.

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Dr. Leana Wen appeared on WBAL-TV 11 Baltimore on Sunday, October 15 to discuss how BCHD is working to decrease health disparities in Baltimore.

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Thousands of Baltimore City parents are getting some extra time to get their school-aged children vaccinated. The extension comes just days after an important state deadline. In a near-packed lobby at the Baltimore City Health Department clinic on West North Avenue nurses are making sure children get the shots they need to stay in school, realizing there's a real risk in waiting.

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BALTIMORE — This city has opened a new front in its effort to give black newborns the same chances of surviving infancy as white ones: training doulas to assist expectant mothers during pregnancy, delivery and afterward.

The initiative is the latest salvo in the Baltimore City Health Department's seven-year-old effort to combat high mortality rates among black newborns.

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