Health topic quickview: Communicable diseases

Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme (AGSP) annual reports

09 August 2022

The Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme is funded by the Federal health department to provide laboratory analysis of gonococcal isolates in Australia. The Programme produces an annual report on its findings as well as a report on the WHO Western Pacific Region Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme. This page links to annual reports published since 1996. These annual reports are available in PDF format and, for accessibility, in either HTML or Microsoft Word format.

Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme (AMSP) annual reports

09 August 2022

The Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme is funded by the Federal health department to provide laboratory analysis of meninococcal isolates in Australia. The Programme produces an annual report on its findings. This page contains the annual reports, in both HTML and PDF format, from 1995. These annual reports are available in PDF format and, for accessibility, in either HTML or Microsoft Word format.

Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit (APSU) annual reports

09 August 2022

The Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit (APSU) conducts national active surveillance of rare diseases of childhood, including infectious and vaccine preventable diseases, genetic disorders, childhood injuries and mental health conditions. This page contains links to annual reports on summary of surveillance results for communicable and/or vaccine preventable diseases. These annual reports are available in PDF format and, for accessibility, in either HTML or Microsoft Word format.

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) surveillance in Australia [annual reports]

09 August 2022

These annual reports prepared by the Australian National CJD Registry provides updated Australian human transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) figures and discuss a recently published investigation of geographical TSE clustering in regional New South Wales. These annual reports are available in PDF format and, for accessibility, in either HTML or Microsoft Word format.

Invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in Australia [annual reports]

09 August 2022

An annual report on invasive pneumococcal disease is produced each year. The report includes information on incidence of disease and on laboratory surveillance. This page contains links to the annual reports from 2001.

National Arbovirus and Malaria Advisory Committee (NAMAC) annual reports

09 August 2022

This page contains links to the NAMAC annual reports, which are published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence. The reports also inlcude data on the Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme, which is used to provide an early warning of increased flavivirus activity in Australia. These annual reports are available in PDF format and, for accessibility, in either HTML or Microsoft Word format.

National Influenza Surveillance Scheme (NISS) annual reports

09 August 2022

The National Influenza Surveillance Scheme includes data from sentinel general practice consultations for influenza-like illness, laboratory reports of influenza and absenteeism rates from a national employer. This page links to annual reports published since 1994.These annual reports are available in PDF format and, for accessibility, in either HTML or Microsoft Word format.

Tuberculosis notifications in Australia [annual reports]

09 August 2022

This page contains links to annual reports on tuberculosis notifications in Australia and reports on bacteriologically confirmed cases and drug resistance, produced by the Australian Mycobacterium Laboratory Reference Network from 1994. These reports are available in PDF format and, for accessibility, in either HTML or Microsoft Word format.

What we do

21 February 2017

Introduction to the work undertaken by the Health Protection Policy Branch, Office of Health Protection, Australian Government Department of Health.