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Communicable Disease Control Manual

This manual describes standard practice for public health services to follow for the prevention and control of notifiable diseases.
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  • Foreword and acknowledgements

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • General consideration for the control of communicable diseases in Aotearoa New Zealand

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Tū Kōkiritia

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Achieving equitable outcomes in communicable disease management

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Glossary

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Acute gastroenteritis

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Acute rheumatic fever

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Anthrax

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Arboviral diseases

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Avian influenza

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Brucellosis

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Campylobacteriosis

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • COVID-19

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Cholera

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease and other spongiform encephalopathies

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Cronobacter species invasive disease

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Cryptosporidiosis

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Cysticercosis

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Diphtheria

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Giardiasis

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Gonorrhoea (limited chapter)

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) invasive disease

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Hepatitis A

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Hepatitis B

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Hepatitis C

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Hepatitis (viral) - not otherwise specified

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Hydatid Disease

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Invasive group A streptococcal infection

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Legionellosis

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Leprosy

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Leptospirosis

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Listeriosis

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Malaria

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Measles

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Meningococcal (Neisseria meningitidis) invasive disease

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Meningoencephalitis - primary amoebic

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Middle East Respiratory Syndrome

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Mpox

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Mumps

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Non-seasonal influenza

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Pertussis (whooping cough)

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Plague

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Pneumococcal (Streptococcus pneumoniae) invasive disease

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Poliovirus infection

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Q fever

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Rabies and other lyssaviruses

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Rickettsial diseases

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Rubella

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Rubella: congenital

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Salmonellosis

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Shigellosis

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Syphilis (Limited chapter)

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Taeniasis

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Tetanus

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Trichinellosis

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Tuberculosis

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Typhoid and paratyphoid fever

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Verocytotoxin - or Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC/STEC)

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Viral haemorrhagic fevers

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Yellow fever

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Yersiniosis

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Appendix 1: Disinfection

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Appendix 2: Enteric disease

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Appendix 3: Patient information

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Appendix 4 Direct laboratory notification flowcharts

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Appendix 5: Escalation pathways

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Appendix 6: Infection, prevention and control guidance

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Updates to the Communicable Disease Control Manual

  • Appendix 7: Manaaki and Welfare

    Part of the Communicable Disease Control Manual

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      • Immunisation Handbook
      • Communicable Disease Control Manual
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      • Maternity
      • Oral health
      • Specific life stage health information
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    • Data and statistics
    • Employment relations
    • Health research
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