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Monthly surveillance reports show current year-to-date rates for each notifiable disease in the Waikato, and month comparisons with the same month of the previous year.

These are published in our monthly Public Health Bulletin:

  • February [PDF, 2 MB] - Notification on new BCG eligibility assessment and referral form, Typhoid fever, Measles, Pertussis Heart Health Awareness Month, Staff News, 2024 Te Tiriti-based Futures and Anti-racism conference World Cancer Day
  • March [PDF, 1.6 MB] - Measles notifications, Aotearoa Immunisation Register (AIR): process change for recording serology results for pepborn to HBsAg-positive persons, World Tuberculosis Day, World HPV Day, Staff News, Notifiable Disease Trends
  • April [PDF, 1.4 MB] - 2024 Flu VaccinationAWHI, Healthy Homes Initiative, Plumbosolvency and actions to reduce exposure to lead in drinking water, Staff news, Notifiable diseases trends
  • May [PDF, 1.2 MB] - Dengue fever in Samoa, Fiji, French Polynesia and New Caledonia, Flu Tracking, Staff News, Notifiable Disease Trends
  • June [PDF, 2.2 MB] - Measles and mumps notifications, Pertussis, Staff news, Notifiable disease trends
  • July [PDF, 904 KB] -  [PDF, 904 KB]Typhoid & paratyphoid fever update,Salmonellosis update, Cyanobacteria update, Staff news, Notifiable diseases 
  • August [PDF, 1 MB] - World Hepatitis Day, Spotlight on…the New Zealand Needle Exchange Programme, World Breastfeeding Week, Calving season and enteric diseases, iGAS added to notifiable diseases schedule, Sesame seed recall, Staff news, Notifiable diseases trends

  • September [PDF, 749 KB] - Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2024, Tribute to Kīngi Tūheitia, The refugee health journey, Research Feature: Reducing the risk of food-related choking in early childhood education settings, Mental Health Awareness Week, Arboviral diseases update, FASD Awareness Month, Syphilis testing, Prostate Cancer Awareness Month – Blue September, Staff news, diseases trends

  • October [PDF, 1019 KB] - The lowdown on Legionella, Pertussis update, Whānau Āwhina Plunket: New pilot child immunisation programme, iGAS now notifiable, Exposure to blood and body fluid, Staff news, Notifiable diseases trends
  • January [PDF, 765 KB] - COVID-19, MMR, Volunteer opportunities with Hamilton Multicultural Services Trust
  • February [PDF, 1005 KB] - Pertussis, Acute Rheumatic Fever & Rheumatic Heart Disease, Cyclone Gabrielle, Te Matatini, National Māori and Pacific Public Health Directors, Te Tiriti workshops, Welcome to new staff and Notifiable Disease Trends. 
  • April [PDF, 1.1 MB] - COVID-19 bivalent booster & Flu vaccine eligibility, New BCG eligibility assessment & referral form, Y7-8 student Boostrix and HPV vaccination, Staff news, Notifiable diseases trends.
  • May/June [PDF, 1.3 MB] - COVID-19 update and reminders, Measles & MMR vaccine, International Day of Midwife, Nurse and GP, Smokefree May, Aotearoa Immunisation Week, Bowel cancer awareness month, Men's Health Week, Staff news, Notifiable diseases trends.
  • July [PDF, 1.1 MB] - BPAC e-referral for Notifiable diseases, Mumps, Matariki, World Hepatitis Day - Hepatitis Found New Zealand and Te Manawa Taki Community Hepatitis C Service, Welcoming Communities Expo, Samoa Taumafai Aoga Amata Health Promotion, Notifiable diseases trends.
  • August [PDF, 1.2 MB] - Notification on Suspicion & Urgency of Notification, Reminders for BCG referrals and HPV/Boostrix vaccines, Farewell MOoH Dr Richard Hoskins, Healthy Homes Initiative, NZMJ publication, PHONZ conference, Daffodil Day, World Hepatitis Day, Staff news, Notifiable diseases trends.
  • September [PDF, 1.3 MB] - Notification on Pertussis/Whooping Cough, Cervical Screening/HPV Test Updates, Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, Ookura Workshops, Māori Language Week, FASD Awareness Month, Mental Health Awareness Week, Notifiable diseases trends.
  • October [PDF, 467 KB] - Syphilis, STI Notification Process, Measles & MMR Reminder, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, New Zealand ShakeOut, Voting Information and Support, Staff News, Notifiable diseases trends.
  • November [PDF, 1.5 MB] - Legionnaires Disease / Legionellosis, Notifiable Diseases - Reminder, National Oral Health Day, White Ribbon Day, Diabetes Action Month: Eyes on Diabetes, Waikato Regional Diabetes Service, Sneaker Friday, Public Health Bulletin Feedback Survey, Staff News, Notifiable diseases trends.
  • December [PDF, 1.3 MB] - Ka Ora Telehealth Service, Cyanobacteria, Safe Summer, World AIDS Day, International Day of Persons with Disabilities, International Migrants Day, Public Health Bulletin Feedback Survey, Staff News, Notifiable Diseases Trends
  • December [PDF, 798 KB] - Have a safe-as summer, cyanobacteria, legionellosis and notifiable diseases trends.
  • November [PDF, 755 KB] - Monkeypox update, Mothercraft, NZCPHM Annual Scientific Meeting, Regional Director of Public Health, Notifiable diseases trends
  • October [PDF, 634 KB] - Topics include Monkeypox update, Hepatitis A update, Rheumatic fever medication authority, Rickettsia and new staff
  • September [PDF, 815 KB] - Topics include hepatitis A, Mumps, Shama Ethnic Women’s Trust, notifiable diseases trends
  • August [PDF, 674 KB] - Topics include COVID-19 update,  HPV vaccinations, notifications of hazardous substances disease and injury, notifiable diseases trends
  • July [PDF, 1.2 MB] - Topics include Te Whatu Ora and Te Aka Whai Ora, COVID-19 Update, Monkeypox, Meningococcal and New Public Health Unit Staff
  • June [PDF, 1 MB] - Topics include COVID-19 Update, Monkeypox, Flu Season and Notifications of Sexually Transmitted Infections
  • May [PDF, 831 KB] - Topics include COVID-19 update, Reporting positive RAT results, Flu vaccinations, Boostrix-IPV in pregnancy and Refugees on the move
  • April [PDF, 972 KB] - Topics include COVID-19 Update, MMR, Recognising Marangai Areare, and Leptospirosis notifications
  • March [PDF, 707 KB] - Topics include COVID-19 Update, ordering RAT Kits, The Impact of Climate Change on Māori, Pacific Specific Resources on ‘Preparedness and Planning’, Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission Report, Child Poverty Action Group 2021 Stocktake, Waikato Respiratory Virus Report, Notifiable Diseases – February 2022 compared to February 2021
  • February [PDF, 514 KB] - Topics include cyanobacteria, COVID-19 guidance for critical healthcare workers, and vaccine resources in Asian languages.
  • January [PDF, 302 KB] - Information for people who have had COVID-19 infections, COVID-19 Testing, vaccinations, alcohol update and looking after mental health

 

  • November [PDF, 697 KB] - COVID-19 Updates, Testing, vaccinations update, Super Saturday, COVID-19 Protection Framework, Travel across alert level boundaries, MIQ room releases, COVID-19 messages from Waikato Pacific Community Leaders, Waiora Waikato hikoi, Welcome to new Public Health Unit staff
  • October [PDF, 740 KB] - COVID-19 update, Kia Kaha Te Wiki o Te Reo Maaori, Welcome back Public Health Unit staff, Calving season, Health and wellbeing in Asian students report, Respiratory Virus update
  • September [PDF, 536 KB] - COVID-19 update, IT update, World Hepatitis Day, Welcome to new Public Health Unit staff, Respiratory Virus Update, Reminder: lab requests, and Notifiable diseases - July 2021
  • June/July [PDF, 780 KB] - COVID-19 update, IT Outage update, Crate Day report, WorkWell
  • April [PDF, 619 KB] - COVID-19 vaccine, Rheumatic Fever, Smokefree Action Plan consultation, Drive Smokefree for Tamariki campaign 
  • March [PDF, 814 KB] - Spotlight on notifiable diseases, Measles and Mumps, Refugee and Migrant Health, COVID-19 Vaccine
  • January/February [PDF, 931 KB] - COVID-19 Update, New members join the Public Health team, Smokefree update, Lead detected in Otago drinking water
  • December [PDF, 501 KB] - Topics include MMR catch up campaign, “Make Summer Unstoppable” and COVID-19 vaccination planning
  • November [PDF, 848 KB] - COVID-19 Update, Time to Screen – “My body, my health, my future”, World Antimicrobial Awareness Week, Notification of Hazardous Substances Disease and Injury
  • October [PDF, 562 KB] - Healthy Active Learning, COVID-19: Higher Index of Suspicion, Measles Immunisation Campaign, Recreational Water
  • September [PDF, 571 KB] - COVID-19 response, Measles Mumps Rubella (MMR) catch up, Tuberculosis (TB) management
  • July [PDF, 546 KB] - COVID-19 Updates, Rheumatic fever update, Outbreak of meningococcal Serogroup W in a community hospital in the Waikato
  • June [PDF, 446 KB] - COVID-19, Rheumatic fever update, Refugee health update
  • March [PDF, 449 KB] - COVID-19 special edition
  • February [PDF, 401 KB] - MMR Catch up campaign announced, COVID-19
  • January [PDF, 368 KB] - Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Ministry of Health monitoring air quality following Australian bushfires
  • December [PDF, 348 KB]
    • Vaccinations for year 7 and 8 students, notification of sexually transmitted infections, meningococcal disease, campylobacter
  • November [PDF, 383 KB]
    • HPV vaccine, meningococcal disease, 2018 influenza season, notification of sexually transmitted infections, BCG vaccine
  • October [PDF, 446 KB]
    • Cryptosporidiosis and campylobacteriosis, refugee and migrant health, mumps
  • September [PDF, 318 KB]
    • Enteric diseases, exclusion and stool clearance criteria
  • August [PDF, 411 KB]
    • Notification urgency, BCG vaccine, mumps
  • July [PDF, 367 KB]
    • Mumps, pertussis, 2018 immunisation workshop, influenza season and vaccine
  • June [PDF, 395 KB]
    • Influenza, leptospirosis, preventing rheumatic fever
  • May [PDF, 388 KB]
    • Measles, winter is coming
  • April [PDF, 405 KB]
    • Measles alert, investigation into PFAS contamination, pertussis, updated WDHB website and Public Health guidance/forms, current outbreaks in the pacific region and Australia
  • March [PDF, 351 KB]
    • Mumps, influenza, pertussis, rheumatic fever prevention
  • February [PDF, 341 KB]
    • Dengue fever, non tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM), heterosexual infectious syphilis cases, BCG vaccinations