Public Health Advice 2001

Public Health Advice is a regular bulletin presenting the epidemiology of Auckland's notifiable diseases, articles on topical public health issues and advice from the Medical Officer of Health. It is primarily targeted at general practitioners and practice nurses but is also of interest to all health care workers, the media and the general public.

The Medical Health Officer of Health Public Health Advice publications have been converted to Adobe Acrobat's Portable Document Format (pdf).

  • Vol 7, Issue 4, Oct 2001 (pdf 254kb)
    • Influenza
    • Gonorrhoea resistance to ciprofloxacin on the increase
    • Notification of suspected environmental poisonings
    • Food borne illness Patient Pamphlets Available
    • Refugee Handbook
    • Disease Surveillance Summaries
    • Commentary on Disease Surveillance Summaries
  • Vol 7, Issue 3, July 2001 (pdf 330kb)
    • Meningococcal disease approaching winter peak
    • Influenza
    • Meningococcal Awareness Programme 2001
    • Dengue fever in Samoa
    • Health Education Website
    • Hep B Free Screening programme
    • Viral illness at a school camp
    • Refugees and asylum seekers are entitled to free public health care services.
    • Disease Surveillance Summaries
    • Commentary on Disease Surveillance Summaries
  • Vol 7, Issue 2, Apr 2001 (pdf 346kb)
    • The Southern Saltmarsh Mosquito and Ross River Fever
    • Shigellosis outbreak
    • Red Imported Fire Ants
    • Disease surveillance summaries
    • Commentary on disease surveillance summaries
  • Vol 7, Issue 1, Jan 2001 (pdf 191kb)
    • Hepatitis B - a silent scourge
    • Disease surveillance summaries
    • Commentary on disease surveillance summaries