Wilkes County Health Department's mission is to promote health and prevent disease in the community. The mission is accomplished through promotion of health, prevention of disease and care of the sick. 

Our vision is to be viewed as the primary resource for individual, community and environmental health.  We recognize that the health needs of the community are ever changing; early intervention is most effective; environment affects health; health information is essential for making choices for healthy communities; individual health affects community health and community health affects individual health.

Welcome to the new WilkesHealth.com Website

Welcome to the new WilkesHealth.com. We are proud to release and showcase our new website to the public.

Thank you for visiting and please call us at (336) 651-7450 if you have any additional questions that are not answered here at WilkesHealth.com.

Back to School Childhood Immunizations: Is your child ready?

Wilkes County Health Department Officials urge parents to check that their children’s immunizations are up-to-date.  Parents have until September 22, 2010 to have their child’s immunizations current according to new NC State Guidelines.  We want parents to know that by law, their children must be up-to-date on their required immunizations to start school.  After September 22, 2010, if a child’s immunizations are not current the child will not be allowed to return to school until immunizations are up-to-date. Click here to view the requirements based on the 2010 NC State Guidelines.