Syncretism is also a word used for merging different inflection word forms, so that a word can serve more than one function. Examples in English are you, which can be an object or a subject, or pet, which is the same in the past and present tense.
Health departments perform food inspections and other health related inspections (the person who performs this job is often called a public health inspector), vaccination programs, free STD and HIV tests, tobacco enforcement and cessation programs, and other medical assistance programs.
Health departments -government agency. 1) provide health services as directed by the USDHHS, also provide specific services needed by state or local community. 2) state or local health departments(services) include immunization for disease control, health education, and communicable disease control.