General Information

​Ravalli County Public Health aims to help protect the public from the spread of communicable diseases through:

- Education, reporting and tracking of reportable disease conditions
​- Conduct patient interviews
​- Contact notification
​- Management of outbreaks

Disease Reporting

​Health care providers must report all suspected and confirmed infectious disease cases to local public health. Click here for the list of all reportable disease conditions in Montana.
​
​

Pertussis (whooping cough)

​Being fully vaccinated is the best way to help prevent getting pertussis. Click here for more information about pertussis and the pertussis vaccine.
​
​For Frequently Asked Questions about pertussis click here.
​