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Blood Borne Viruses and Sexually Transmissible Infections
22 April 2020
The Australian Government Department of Health provides leadership for the coordination of the national response to blood borne viruses and sexually transmissible infections through a number of national strategies and initiatives.
Meningococcal - Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme annual reports
18 March 2020
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.
Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit annual reports
19 November 2019
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.
Gonococcal: Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme annual reports
19 August 2019
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.
Tuberculosis notifications in Australia annual reports
29 April 2019
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. Both HTML and PDF versions are available.
National Arbovirus and Malaria Advisory Committee (NAMAC) annual reports
24 April 2019
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.
Influenza - National Influenza Surveillance Scheme annual reports
10 September 2018
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.
Communicable diseases information
27 June 2018
This page contains information on some of the activities of the Office of Health Protection, in managing communicable diseases in Australia
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.
Pneumococcal disease: Invasive pneumococcal disease in Australia annual reports
30 June 2016
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.
About Communicable Diseases Network Australia
25 March 2015
Information page about the Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA). It details the CDNA's background; its various committees and activities; the composition of the CDNA; and recent publications and contact details.
Australia's measures to protect human health
23 February 2010
This page contains details of measures taken by the Australian Government to protect the health of the Australian public from bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD).
A Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Response Plan for Australia: February 2010
01 February 2010
The Department of Health and Ageing's vCJD response plan has been developed in consultation with the relevant experts to deal with the possibility of vCJD being detected in Australia.
Program/Initiatives
11 Jul 2019
Case Study: WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
10 Jul 2019
International Engagement - Our objectives
23 Jan 2018
02 Feb 2011
All Program/InitiativesPublications
09 Jul 2020
Communicable Diseases Intelligence
24 Jun 2020
11 Dec 2019
Communicable Diseases Intelligence - Call for papers
02 May 2019
National Guidelines for Managing HIV Transmission Risk Behaviours (2018)
23 Jan 2019
Poliomyelitis Outbreak Response Plan for Australia
08 Mar 2018
An outbreak of Salmonella Muenchen after consuming sea turtle, Northern Territory, Australia, 2017.
08 Mar 2018
Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Surveillance,1 April to 30 June 2017
08 Mar 2018
08 Mar 2018
Annual report of the National Influenza Surveillance Scheme, 2010
08 Mar 2018
OzFoodNet quarterly report, 1 July to 30 September 2015
08 Mar 2018
National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System, 1 July to 30 September 2017
08 Mar 2018
National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System, 1 April to 30 June 2017
08 Mar 2018
National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System, 1 October to 31 December 2017
08 Mar 2018
The Australian Sentinel Practices Research Network, 1 January to 31 March 2017
08 Mar 2018
08 Mar 2018
Position statement on interferon-γ release assays for the detection of latent tuberculosis infection
08 Mar 2018
Australian Rotavirus Surveillance Program Annual Report, 2016
08 Mar 2018
Annual Report of the National Influenza Surveillance Scheme, 2009
08 Mar 2018
Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Surveillance, 1 January to 31 March 2017
08 Mar 2018
Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme, Annual Report 2016
08 Mar 2018
08 Mar 2018
14 Dec 2017
The epidemiology of tuberculosis in the Australia Capital Territory, 2006-2015
14 Dec 2017
Prevention of perinatal hepatitis B virus transmission: are we following guidelines?
14 Dec 2017
14 Dec 2017
Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme, 1 April to 30 June 2017
14 Dec 2017
Annual report: surveillance of adverse events following immunisation in Australia, 2015
14 Dec 2017
Tuberculosis screening in an aged care residential facility in a low-incidence setting
14 Dec 2017
Tuberculosis notifications in Australia, 2014
14 Dec 2017
14 Dec 2017
Sexually Transmitted Infections in Melbourne, Australia from 1918 to 2016: nearly a century of data
14 Dec 2017
OzFoodNet quarterly report, 1 April to 30 June 2015
14 Dec 2017
14 Dec 2017
2016 Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit Surveillance Report
14 Dec 2017
National position statement for the management of latent tuberculosis infection
14 Dec 2017
How much does tuberculosis cost? An Australian healthcare perspective analysis
08 Jan 2015
Ensuring National Capacity in Genomics-Guided Public Health Laboratory Surveillance
13 Nov 2014
23 Oct 2014
Foodborne illness in Australia: Annual incidence circa 2010
18 Sep 2014
Hepatitis C Prevention, Treatment and Care: Guidelines for Australian Custodial Settings
14 May 2014
Policy on antiviral prophylaxis and the implications for pathology and research staff
14 Oct 2013
15 Apr 2013
08 Apr 2011
29 Nov 2001
Epidemiology of the hepatitis C virus - Communicable Diseases Intelligence Technical Report No. 3
29 Nov 2001
01 Jun 1999
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