Notifiable Diseases
Community and Public Health provides information on notifiable diseases for health professionals, including surveillance reporting.
A notifiable disease is a disease or injury that health professionals are required to report to the Medical Officer of Health at the local public health unit. This is a legal requirement under the Health Act (1956) and the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act (1996).
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
Page last updated: 04/12/2019