Information for Health Professionals

Community and Public Health provides public health information and advice to health professionals in our coverage area (Canterbury, South Canterbury, West Coast and the Chatham Islands).

• Public Health Alerts
• Public Health Updates
• Notifiable Diseases
• Influenza and Respiratory Pathogens Reports
• Healthy Public Policy
• Public Health Evidence
• Vaccinators

Latest public health updates

• Trusted information sources on Novel coronavirus (COVID-19)
• National measles notifications have reduced
• Increase in national mumps notifications
• 2019 Canterbury Wellbeing Survey results available in Canterbury Wellbeing Index

Latest public health alerts

• National Health Advisory: COVID-19 - 16th March 2020
• National Health Advisory: Notification of updated case definition for COVID-19 - 28th February 2020
• Update from Ministry of Health: 2019 Novel Coronavirus added to Notifiable Diseases - 29th January 2020

Featured links

• Information on novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) from the Ministry of Health
• Cantabrians urged to protect themselves against Legionnaires’ disease
• Information on current measles outbreak (Ministry of Health)

Helpful links

• Authorised Vaccinator Forms
• Disease Notification Forms
• Latest Influenza and Respiratory Pathogens Report