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Health Protection Report
Have you been paying attention? - August 2014
Health Protection Report NSW
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Have you been paying attention? - August 2014
Content 1
What did Australian Health Ministers recently commit to doing in their
AIDS 2014 Legacy Statement
?
How many people are chronically infected with hepatitis B and hepatitis C globally?
What penalty did Orica Australia Pty Ltd recently incur in relation to pollution incidents at Orica’s Kooragang Island and Botany plants?
How many men who died of an illness attributable to smoking in NSW in 2011? In 1997?
How many women who died of an illness attributable to smoking in NSW in 2011? In 1997?
Answer
Australian Health Ministers committed to several things, among them to working towards the virtual elimination of new Australian HIV transmissions by the end of 2020. For other commitments, see:
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/ministers/publishing.nsf/content/health-mediarel-yr2013-dutton140720.htm
The World Health Organization estimates that internationally 240 million people are chronically infected with hepatitis B virus and 150 million people are chronically infected with hepatitis C virus. World Hepatitis Day was 28 July 2014, with the tag line: Think Again. See:
http://www.who.int/campaigns/hepatitis-day/2014/en/
EPA reports that Orica Australia Pty Ltd was convicted and penalised $768,250 in relation to charges for pollution incidents at Orica's Kooragang Island and Botany plants. This includes a fine of $211,750 for the pollution incident that affected residents of Stockton, Newcastle, on Monday 8 August 2011. See:
http://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/epamedia/EPAMedia14072901.htm
According to NSW Health, in 2011, 3458 men died of an illness attributable to smoking, down from 3709 in 1997, see:
http://www.healthstats.nsw.gov.au/Indicator/beh_smoafdth
In 2011, 2032 women who died of an illness attributable to smoking, up from 1825 in 1997. For more information, see:
http://www.healthstats.nsw.gov.au/Indicator/beh_smoafdth
Content 2
Current as at: Monday 25 August 2014
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Report: August 2014
Summary
Welcome
Communicable diseases
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EPI corner
Guess the disease
Paying attention
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Content 3
Content 4
