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

• COVID-19 “High Index of Suspicion” notifications
• Vibrio parahaemolyticus outbreak
• Te Hā – Waitaha Smokefree Support

Latest public health alerts

• COVID-19 in “managed isolation and quarantine facility” staff - 5th November 2020
• National Health Advisory: COVID-19 Case Definitions Update - 6th April 2020
• National Health Advisory: Prioritisation of the Annual Flu Vaccination - 23rd March 2020

Featured links

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

Helpful links

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