Virgin Islands Department of Health
The Virgin Islands Department of Health is the territorial public health agency and health regulator for the U.S. Virgin Islands. Its responsibilities combine disease prevention, health promotion, regulation of healthcare professionals and facilities, and public health planning. It also administers community health programmes and maintains vital statistics.
Organization profile
- Organization type
- Government / public health agency
- Headquarters / base
- St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Geographic scope
- U.S. Virgin Islands; territorial services with offices on St. Croix, St. Thomas and St. John
- U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Health
- VI Department of Health
Medical focus
Activities
Population served
Territorial remit and offices
The department identifies its central office as being on St. Thomas and publishes separate contacts for St. Croix, St. Thomas and St. John. These locations support a territory-wide remit; the St. Thomas administrative base should not be read as the boundary of the population served.
The department’s institutional account describes responsibilities for preventive health, maternal and child health, family planning, environmental health and behavioural health. Its wider work includes health policy, licensing and oversight, disease information and preparedness for public health emergencies.
Community health programmes
The community health service lists adult medicine with diabetes and hypertension care, pediatric diabetes services, optometry and cardiac services. It publishes clinical locations on St. Croix and St. Thomas and describes referral arrangements for some specialist care.
These programmes connect population health responsibilities with services for individual patients. The department’s public resources also cover vaccination, communicable disease reporting, nutrition, family health and prevention. Its regulatory functions and community programmes are parts of the territorial agency, rather than separate organizations with the same name.
Historical Virgin Islands healthcare record
The Virgin Islands Medical Institute’s retained provider history identifies VIDOH as the territorial department. That earlier description places the agency within the historical healthcare system; current responsibilities here are drawn from the department’s own programme and institutional pages.