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In 2014, further projects improving housing in Aboriginal communities and drinking water quality progressed, public health unit staff enforced tobacco laws, and health protection staff assisted other government agencies in managing health risks.
Staff working in health protection across the state were trained and exercised in various scenarios in preparedness for public health emergencies.
Western Sydney Public Health Unit demonstrates the broad range of health protection activities undertaken at the local level and how policy is implemented in the field; Hunter New England PHU highlights one of the success stories of 2014.
NSW health protection network staff contributed to a number of publications.
For other health protection news:
April 2014 - MeaslesMay 2014 - Influenza, MERS, BBVJune 2014 - Year in Review 1 - Communicable DiseaseJuly 2014 - Year in Review 2 - Environmental HealthAugust 2014 - Ebola, STEC, Traffic related air pollutionSeptember 2014 - Impact of lab testing rates, Prison Health, WoodsmokeDecember 2014 - School Vaccination Program, Ebola, Infections in child care, Tobacco related hazardsMay 2015 – MERS, Immunisation rates, changes in public health
