Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response (PHEP)
Advancing Brazoria County’s preparedness and response for public health emergencies and threats.
What We Do
An Emergency can happen at any moment, and every community in the U.S. must be ready to respond. A pandemic, natural disaster or chemical or radiological release often strikes without warning. The costs - both economic and human - can be significant.
Epidemiology is the method used to find the causes of health outcomes and diseases in populations. Diseases that Brazoria County Epidemiologists have investigated include: West Nile Virus, Tuberculosis, Legionella, Ebola, Zika, COVID-19 and Monkeypox, as well as a number of other conditions that can be found on the 2024 Notifiable Conditions List.
Today, state and local health departments must be ready to handle many different types of emergencies that threaten the health and safety of families, communities, and the nation. Brazoria County PHEP works with cities, industries, hospitals, and other agencies, to develop and exercise disaster response plans. These partnerships help Brazoria County remain ready for a response.
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