Public Health Updates
These regular email newsletters from Community and Public Health provide information about notifiable diseases and other public health issues to health professionals in our coverage area (Canterbury, South Canterbury, West Coast and the Chatham Islands).
This publication replaces the Public Health Information Quarterly (PHIQ).
Issue 2 – November 2019
- Measles cases continue.
- Legionnaire’s disease numbers climb in spring.
- Resources for parents from All Right?
- Immunity against pertussis/ whooping cough wanes over time.
Issue 1 – September 2019
- We’re updating our ways of sending information to you.
- Measles outbreaks are now centred on Auckland.
- Sporadic rheumatic fever cases continue in the South.
- Explore your community’s health and wellbeing with the Canterbury Wellbeing Index.
Latest public health updates
- Measles cases continue
- Legionnaire’s disease numbers climb in spring
- Resources for parents from All Right?
- Immunity against pertussis wanes over time
Latest public health alerts
- Ministry of Health Advisory: Novel Coronavirus 2019 – 27th January 2020
- Measles Alert – 9th January 2020
- Cluster of pneumonia of unknown cause in Wuhan, China – 8th January 2020
Featured links
- Information on the novel Coronavirus originating in Wuhan China (Ministry of Health)
- Cantabrians urged to protect themselves against Legionnaires’ disease
- Information on current measles outbreak (Ministry of Health)
Helpful links
Page last updated: 04/12/2019