Communicable Diseases

What We Do

Our goal is to prevent or reduce the burden of infectious diseases of public health importance.

• public education of infectious diseases and infection prevention
   
• surveillance and early detection of cases and outbreaks of infectious diseases
   
• investigation and control of infectious diseases that affect institutions and the community
   
• disease control advice for institutions
   
• inspection of childcare centres, nursing homes, homes for the aged, and centres for the developmentally handicapped
   
• requirements for establishing a new daycare or day nursery
   
• infection and outbreak control training to caregivers and other professionals