Public Health: Infectious Diseases
MidCentral Health’s Public Health Service provides a service to prevent, investigate, control and manage notified infectious diseases in our region.
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These activities include:
- Investigating diseases in accordance with national and local protocols
- Preparing for emergent or pandemic disease outbreaks
- Providing training and support to refugee settlement programmes
- Providing and disseminating information on disease trends and issues
- General infectious disease surveillance activities
- Promotion of personal hygiene, hand washing, cough etiquette
- Research into disease surveillance best practice
Further information about Infectious Diseases can be obtained from:
The Ministry of Health’s website:
Communicable Diseases
IMAC (Immunisation Advisory Centre)
0800 IMMUNE (0800 466863)
Disclaimer:
MidCentral District Health Board is not responsible for the contents or reliability of the linked websites and does not necessarily endorse the views expressed within them. Listing shall not be taken as endorsement of any kind. We cannot guarantee that these links will work all of the time and we have no control over availability of the linked pages.
Contact us:
- Medical Officer of Health
- Communicable Disease Coordinator
Contact through the Public Health Unit (06) 350 9110 during business hours.
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Last Updated 07/11/2007