For over 50 years the
City of Columbia has been committed to providing public health services through its
Health Department.
These services prevent epidemics and the spread of disease, protect against environmental hazards, promote healthy behaviors, prevent injuries and illness, assure the quality and accessibility of health services and monitor the health of the population.
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Counseling, Testing, Treatment, Prevention and Education
The Columbia/ Boone County Health Department offers
a wide range of programs for the assessment and treatment
of Sexually Transmitted Disease and HIV.
We also provide
education and prevention activities and HIV/STD prevention
resources to Central and North Eastern Missouri.
Columbia Health Department Programs
- free blood
or oral testing by appointment or Thursday
afternoon as a walk in clinic
- anonymous and confidential
- OraSure and
OraQuick Advance Testing:
- the Orasure test is needleless and pain free, used mainly in outreach situations.
- OraQuick Advance produces fast (20 minutes) results. (Not available in STD Clinic)
- Standard blood tests are also available.
- Clinic for the assessment and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases
- every Tuesday evening from 5:00 to 7:00 PM at the Health Department
- Free for Boone County Residents. $20 for those from outside Boone County.
- education programs offered by the Health Department especially designed for parents and their children
- A and B vaccine is available free to persons at higher risk or at low cost to the general public.
- The North Central Missouri Regional Community Advisory Group meets on a monthly basis to plan prevention activities and prioritize the use of prevention resources. Look here for the Regional Advisory group minutes.
- speakers on HIV and STD prevention and prevention program assistance are available to community organizations, businesses, religious and governmental institutions serving the residents of central Missouri
Contact Us:
- E-Mail us confidentially with questions or concerns you may have about your health or give us a call to make an appointment or to speak to someone.
To learn more about STD's and HIV, please visit our external website directory.
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