The public health center (hokenjo and hoken center) offers the following services to local citizens:
Daily healthcare support for citizens
- Health consultation, support for healthy life
- Checkups and guidance for expectant mothers, infants and toddlers
- Promotion of environmental health / Prevention against infectious disease
- Financial support for medical expenses
Other services
- Prevention against AIDS, tuberculosis, and other intractable diseases
- Statistical surveys and research
Information regarding local public health centers in Tokyo can be found on the website of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Bureau of Social Welfare and Public Health.
TMG Bureau of Social Welfare and Public Health: Public Health Centers of Tokyo Metropolice (Japanese only)
TMG Bureau of Social Welfare and Public Health: Public Health Centers of the Special Ward (Japanese only)
