What does BCHD stand for?

Delegate Haynes and Delegate Ruth Kirk of Baltimore City's 44th Legislative District, DHMH representatives, the Baltimore City Health Department and Amerigroup officials all were in attendance.

Obama nominated Hamburg, a former New York City health commissioner, last month to become FDA commissioner and appointed Sharfstein, former commissioner of the Baltimore city health department, to become her deputy.

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Cecelia Hughes joined the Baltimore City Health Department (BCHD) in 1967 as a staff nurse in the tuberculosis, prenatal, well-baby and immunization clinics.

The city of Baltimore, which has a high prevalence of HIV/AIDS cases, has seen a similar trend to the national statistics, says Kima Joy Taylor, MD, MPH, an assistant commissioner of health promotion and disease prevention at the Baltimore City Health Department.

Participants were 337 women seeking treatment at a Baltimore City Health Department STD clinic.

Participants were 337 women seeking treatment at a Baltimore City Health Department STD clinic.

Shilkret, (#) and Renee Ridzon * (1) * Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; ([dagger]) Baltimore City Health Department, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; ([double dagger]) New York City Department of Health, New York City, New York, USA: ([section]) Public Health Research Institute, New York City, New York, USA; ([paragraph]) Maryland State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; and (#) New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Trenton, New Jersey, USA (1) PDM, TRS, CRD, BK, CLW, WAC, DXH, KLS, and RR were involved in the conception and design of various phases (epidemiologic and laboratory methods) of this investigation.

For details, call the Baltimore City Health Department at 396-9932.