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

• Protect yourself against Legionnaire's disease
• Information on typhoid fever from the Ministry of Health
• Find out about Intra Uterine Devices (IUDs) from Family Planning

Latest public health alerts

• Monkeypox is now a notifiable disease - 8th June 2022
• National Health Advisory: Monkeypox clinical update - 25th May 2022
• COVID-19 in “managed isolation and quarantine facility” staff - 5th November 2020

Featured links

• mpox no longer a public health emergency of international concern (World Health Organisation)
• WHO Chief declares end to COVID-19 as a global health emergency
• COVID-19 winter surge package 2022: Rapid review (Ministry of Health)

Helpful links

• Authorised Vaccinator Forms
• Disease Notification Forms
• Latest COVID-19 data and statistics