public health office
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public health office
A state or municipal authority responsible for protecting public health. Its tasks include monitoring infectious diseases, hygiene inspections, and health counseling.
Nach dem positiven Testergebnis musste er sich umgehend beim Gesundheitsamt melden.
After the positive test result, he had to contact the public health office immediately.
The word is made up of three parts: 'Gesundheit' (health), the linking 's', and 'Amt' (office/authority). So it literally means an 'Amt für die Gesundheit' (office for health).
Das Gesundheitsamt ist für die Überwachung der Wasserqualität zuständig.
The public health office is responsible for monitoring water quality.
To describe movement, you use 'zum Gesundheitsamt gehen' (to go to the public health office). When you mean the location or contact with the authority, you say 'beim Gesundheitsamt anrufen' (to call the public health office) or 'sich beim Gesundheitsamt melden' (to contact/report to the public health office).
Für die Belehrung muss man persönlich zum Gesundheitsamt.
For the instruction session, you have to go to the public health office in person.
Common verbs in connection with this authority are 'das Gesundheitsamt informieren' (to inform the public health office), 'vom Gesundheitsamt kontaktiert werden' (to be contacted by the public health office), and 'eine Meldung an das Gesundheitsamt machen' (to make a report to the public health office).
Der Arzt muss den Fall an das zuständige Gesundheitsamt melden.
The doctor has to report the case to the responsible public health office.
Ministry of Health
The Gesundheitsamt is usually a local or regional authority and handles specific tasks such as providing advice, carrying out inspections, and preventing the spread of infectious diseases. The Gesundheitsministerium, by contrast, is the highest authority in a country or federal state and is responsible for the healthcare system and health policy.
Wegen mehrerer Infektionen kontrolliert das Gesundheitsamt die örtliche Schule.
Because of several infections, the local public health office is inspecting the school.
Wegen steigender Infektionszahlen plant das Gesundheitsministerium eine neue landesweite Regelung.
Because infection rates are rising, the Ministry of Health is planning a new regulation to apply nationwide.
