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Bulletins contain current information for General Practitioners and other health professionals on communicable diseases in the Hunter New England region along with a summary of notifiable diseases reported in the last month. The last twelve issues of Hunter New England Population Health bulletins are available here (click on the required month to download full pdf report.) Feel welcome to contact us for the full list.
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How to contact Public Health; Correct specimen collection vital in diagnosing influenza; Increase in notifications of listeriosis in NSW; Changes to accessing the NSW Health website for infectious disease resources; GP notifications; YTD number of diseases notified to Population Health for residents of HNE - June 2008; To the Point |
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Early notification by GP paramount; GP notifications; Be alert for severe hand, foot and mouth disease caused by Enterovirus 71 in travellers from China; Progress towards interrupting wild polio virus worldwide; Reduce the risk of varicella disease (when to use Zoster Immunoglobulin (ZIG) and Varicella vaccine; YTD number of diseases notified to Population Health for residents of HNE area; To the Point |
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Minimising the impact of influenza: a GP's role; Vaccine formulation for influenza vaccine - southern hemisphere, winter 2008; World Youth Day - taking care of your participating patients; Chlamydia - new web resources for GPs and patients; NSW Sexual Health Infoline; GP notifications; Disease of Interest - Chlamydia; To the Point |
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Diagnosing Q fever and leptospirosis; Scabies in nursing homes - coordinated treatment vital; Laboratory notifications; YTD number of diseases notified to Population Health for residents of Hunter New England Area - March 2008; To the Point |
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Influenza outbreaks in residential care facilities - information for general practitioners regarding antiviral treatment and prophylaxis; Changes to recommendations for anthrax post exposure prophylaxis in agricultural settings; Improving knowledge of communicable diseases affecting Aboriginal people - we don't know, what we don't know!; Resources for people with Hepatitis C; GP notifications; YTD number of diseases notified to Population Health for residents of
Hunter New England Area - February 2008;
To the Point |
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High incidence of notifications of Gastroenteritis in institutions in 2007; Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD); GP notifications; Unusual arboviral infection now a possibility in symptomatic returning travellers; Recent clusters of pertussis in immunised primary school age children; Arboviral notifications in HNE; To the Point |
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Antibiotic indications for contacts of pertussis; The importance of discussing suspected measles with HNEPH staff; GP notifications; YTD notifications; Syphilis |
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Bloody diarrhoea - test for STEC; The risk of handling pets; GP notifications; Resources for gp's working with refugee families; Privacy information for patients being referred to a HNEAH service; Infectious diseases transmitted in recreational waters; YTD notifications; To the Point |
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Testing for and treating gonorrhea; GP Notifications; Promoting Q Fever vaccine to those at risk; Bat time of the year; Vaccination of nonimmunised household contacts - new recommendation in revised National Meningococcal Disease Guidelines (endorsed October 2007); To the Point |
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Managing gastroenteritis in children; Providing food hygiene and safety advice to overseas travellers; Recommended treatment for head lice – cheap and simple; Safe sex message for travellers to overseas destinations; YTD number of notifications received by PH for residents of HNEH area for September 2007; To the Point |
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Therapeutic Guidelines - Antibiotic (v 13), gives most current advice for malaria prophylaxis; Travellers to the UK need to have MMR vaccine coverage; Review of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) data 2003-2006; Vaccination Reminder; GP Notifications; YTD number of notifications received by PH for residents of HNEH area for August 2007; To the Point |
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Encourage symptomatic respiratory patients and staff to stay at home, Continued vigilance for rare conditions, Norovirus outbreaks in HNE, To the Point |
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