Environmental Health Division

The Environmental Health Division safeguards public health by managing environmental factors that can affect well-being. Trained officers work to prevent health risks and promote a clean, safe environment. The Division is committed to professionalism, best practices, and enhancing the health of all residents.

Our Commitment to Serve

The Environmental Health Division delivers a host of environmental health services through five existing programmes:

Food Hygiene
Water Quality and Institutional Hygiene
Vector Control
Wastewater and General Environmental Sanitation
Port Health

The activities of the specific programmes are carried out by trained Environmental Health Officers, who are assigned to the Public Health District and, in some cases, to special duties under a programme. The Vector Control Unit is staffed with eight Vector Control Officers, who visit all premises around the territory to conduct surveillance for mosquito breeding.

Mission

The Environmental Health Division is in the business of ensuring that all aspects of the environment with the potential to negatively impact health are managed efficiently to enable all persons in the Virgin Islands to attain and maintain optimal health and social well-being.

Vision

To exhibit a level of professionalism in the field of environmental health that exemplifies service above self and a model of best practices that reflect practitioners of the 21st Century.