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Public health centers
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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

Listed below is the contact information of the Bureau of Social Welfare and Public Health and also of local public health centers.

Health Policy Section, Bureau of Social Welfare and Public Health, Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Tokyo Metropolitan Government No.1 Building, North side 22F
2-8-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
TEL : 03-5320-4352
FAX : 03-5388-1427
Public Health Centers of Tokyo Metropolice
(Japanese only)
Public Health Centers of the Special Ward
(Japanese only)
Public Health Centers of the Government Ordinance City(Japanese only)
Public Health Centers of the City, Town, and Village(Japanese only)




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