Updated: Apr. 6, 2026
The South Carolina Department of Public Health's (DPH) STD/HIV Division provides contracts to community-based partners (pdf) to deliver HIV, STD and viral hepatitis prevention services.
Preventing perinatal hepatitis B virus (HBV) transmission is an integral part of the national strategy to eliminate hepatitis B in the United States. National guidelines call for the following:
The SC Cancer Alliance is a non-profit organization and primary partner of DPH's Division of Cancer Prevention and Control. The SC Cancer Alliance holds DPH's most current State Cancer Plan.
The mission of the SCCA is to reduce the impact of cancer on ALL people in South Carolina.
The vision of the SCCA is to make South Carolina a national leader in Cancer Control by:
Updated: Apr. 17, 2026
South Carolina State Law, Section 44-37-50 requires the South Carolina Department of Public Health or DPH (formerly DHEC) to approve the video to be utilized by a hospital for providing education on Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) to parents of newborns. If a hospital requests that DPH reviews a video, the steps below will be taken.
South Carolina Code of Laws, Section 44-37-50 requires hospitals and Department of Social Services (DSS) adoption services to provide education to parents and caregivers of newborns about the dangers of shaking a baby and the importance of parents and caregivers learning infant CPR. The statute requires the Department of Public Health (DPH) to approve all videos to be used and to establish an educational protocol.
Updated: July 17, 2026
Page last updated: 8/22/2025
Electronic case reporting (eCR) is a data exchange process that automatically generates and securely transmits case information between health care organizations’ electronic health records (EHR) systems and public health agencies. eCR has several advantages, including greatly reducing the burden of manual reporting and increasing the accuracy of case information reported.
Each year, the Healthcare/Hospital Preparedness Program sponsors a summit to advance preparedness, communication, and collaboration among community health care organizations, response partners and public health entities.
