Community Health

Prevention and Education

The efforts made at Children's Hospital Los Angeles in the areas of disaster preparedness, health education and on medical missions in other parts of the world are contributing to the overall health of the community.

Annual Health Impact Snapshot

Google maps is used to geographically demonstrate our impact in a single year either by neighborhoods in Los Angeles or around the world. For more details on the impact Children's Hospital Los Angeles has locally, visit the Community Benefit page.

Disaster Preparation

The Pediatric Disaster Resource and Training Center helps other leading hospitals and pediatric health care agencies understand, train and prepare for the special health care needs that children would have during a disaster.

Medical Missions

Our staff often volunteer time to provide care in countries that do not have access to the same level of sophisticated health care that we have at our hospital. Here is a list of countries in which children have been treated children through outreach programs and medical missions.