Office of Communicable Diseases

The mission of the Utah Department of Health and Human Services Office of Communicable Diseases (OCD) is to prevent sickness and death from infectious diseases and environmental hazards through data analysis, education, surveillance, investigation, and health policy change. Our vision is to utilize scientific principles and knowledge for fostering healthy communities free of preventable diseases. OCD is also responsible for monitoring and responding to potential bioterrorism threats/events, communicable disease outbreaks, epidemics, and other unusual occurrences of illness.