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Chicago Sun-Times

Contact Information
Michael Cooke-Editor
401 N. Wabash,
Chicago, Illinois 60611
Telephone: 312-321-3000

Email:
mcooke@suntimes.com
Web:
http://www.suntimes.com/
index/health.html

Chicago newspaper. Web site features two major sections of health information: health news and insurance Q&A.
Illinois Department of Public Health

Contact Information:
Illinois Department of Public Health
535 West Jefferson Street
Springfield, Illinois 62761
Phone 217-782-6553
Fax 217-523-2648
TTY 800-547-0466

Email:
mailus@idph.state.il.us
Web:
http://www.idph.state.
il.us/

The Illinois Department of Public Health was created in 1877 to regulate medical practitioners and to promote sanitation. Today, IDPH is responsible for protecting the state's 11.9 million residents, as well as countless visitors, through the prevention and control of disease and injury.
Public Health Futures Illinois

Contact Information:
University of Chicago
969 E. 60th St. Chicago, IL 60637
Telephone: 773 702-4335
Fax: 773 702-7222

Email:
chpc@chas.uchicago.edu
Web:
http://www.phfi.uchicago.edu/
Illinois' public health system is a partnership of public, private and voluntary organizations that seeks to maximize health, wellness and quality of life for the people of Illinois. The partnership collaboratively arrays resources to assess community health, coordinate policy development, participate in an integrated system of prevention service delivery, and share accountability to their communities.
City of Chicago Department of Public Health

Contact Information:
Telephone: 312- 747-9884

Email:
PublicHealth@cpdh.org
Web:
http://www.cityofchicago.org/
Health/

The mission of the Chicago Department of Public Health is to assure conditions in which Chicago residents can be physically and mentally healthy, with an emphasis on the promotion of health and prevention of illness through the provision of effective, accessible health services and efficient utilization of resources throughout the city of Chicago, while fostering a work environment where a high quality of work life is possible for members of the organization, who have been empowered and charged by the citizenry of Chicago through their contributed resources. Site features news stories and large list of health clinic contacts for the metro Chicago area.
DuPage County Health Department

Contact Information:
111 North County Farm Rd
Wheaton, IL 60187
Telephone: 630-682-7400

Email:
connorc@idhw.state.id.us
Web:
http://www.dupagehealth.org/
The DuPage County Health Department provides the following services. A calendar of health related events and listing of regularly scheduled services, a children's section, and health data and statistics.
Illinois Maternal & Child Health Coalition

Contact Information:
3411 West Diversey, Suite 5
Chicago, Illinois 60647

Email:
ilmaternal@aol.com
Web:
http://hmhb.org/ilmaternal/
Illinois Maternal & Child Health Coalition mission is to improve the health of women and children. The Web Site features information about their upcoming events, their projects, and children.


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