Health protection involves the prevention and control of threats to health from communicable diseases and the environment. Health protection is achieved through a complex array of activities involving multiple people and agencies. Among the factors that protect a population's health are:
Health Protection NSW works closely with public health units in local health districts in the development, implementation and evaluation activities to protect public health. The Director of Health Protection NSW reports to the Chief Health Officer.
This Plan provides strategic direction for the public health workforce in NSW.
Horizon one of the Plan focuses particularly on the health protection workforce and provides direction for the workforce to be equipped to protect the public from infectious and environmental threats.
