Following Ontario Public Health Standards the HKPR Health Unit works to prevent disease and provide leadership in health protection and healthy living through the following programs:

• Health Protection - Disease, infection and outbreak control
• Oral Health Department - dental hygiene and screening for children and youth ages 17 and under in need of treatment and without insurance, dental clinics and school dental programs
• Healthy Families Programs - Information on family planning, support programs, nutrition and physical health, tobacco and health, falls prevention, injury prevention, health hazard investigation, immunizations, pre-school speech and language as well as support to pregnant women, new mothers and their babies.
• Environmental Health Program- inspection of food premises, water testing, water treatment, beach testing and postings, e coli, as well as the reporting and treatment of rabies
• Sexual Health Program and Clinic - Education and counselling to increase awareness and knowledge and services related to birth control, unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases, including AIDS and HIV

Offices located in:
Haliburton
Lindsay
Port Hope