The District Health Office (DHO) is responsible for managing and ensuring the provision of quality primary, secondary, and tertiary healthcare services across the district. It plays a key role in strengthening maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) programs and improving access to essential medicines, diagnostic services, and healthcare professionals. The DHO is actively involved in disease surveillance and control, monitoring and responding to both communicable and non-communicable diseases. It implements real-time disease tracking and outbreak response mechanisms, ensuring universal immunization coverage under the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) to protect against preventable diseases. A crucial function of the DHO is health information and data management, which involves digitizing healthcare services through HMIS, DHIS, and NIMS, maintaining electronic surveillance systems for disease reporting, and utilizing health data for policy-making and planning.

The DHO also promotes family planning and reproductive health services by integrating family welfare centers with primary healthcare facilities, increasing contraceptive prevalence, and ensuring free access to contraceptives, counseling, and reproductive health services.

To enhance public awareness, the DHO conducts health education and community engagement programs by organizing school health initiatives, awareness campaigns on hygiene (WASH) and nutrition, and celebrating international health days such as World Immunization Week, World TB Day, and Dengue Awareness Day. The office is also responsible for emergency preparedness and response, developing health emergency plans for epidemics and natural disasters, establishing Rapid Response Teams (RRTs) and Health Emergency Operations Centers (HEOCs), and maintaining stockpiles of essential medical supplies. To ensure high standards in healthcare delivery, the DHO conducts monitoring, evaluation, and quality assurance activities. It performs field inspections, performance reviews of healthcare facilities, and compliance checks with national and international health standards while collaborating with organizations such as WHO, UNICEF, and Gavi. The capacity-building and training of healthcare professionals is another vital function, ensuring that health workers, vaccinators, and managers receive continuous medical education and specialized training on disease surveillance, data management, and immunization programs. The DHO plays a crucial role in policy implementation and interdepartmental coordination, aligning district health policies with national strategies and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), while fostering partnerships with government agencies, NGOs, and international organizations to improve healthcare services. Lastly, improving healthcare access in rural and underserved areas is a key priority. The DHO expands mobile health services, ensures equitable distribution of healthcare resources, and promotes telemedicine and digital health solutions to bridge accessibility gaps in remote regions. Through these functions, the District Health Office (DHO) ensures efficient healthcare management, disease prevention, emergency preparedness, and improved public health outcomes across the district.