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The Institute of Environmental Science and Research Ltd (ESR) under contract with the Ministry of Health (MoH) contributes to the national public health surveillance effort.

This website provides access to selected New Zealand public health surveillance data and information.

Public Health Surveillance

ESR coordinates and collates information for several national surveillance systems. More

	Surveillance Reports Surveillance reports are available for notifiable diseases, influenza, sexually transmitted infections and chemical injuries.

	Antimicrobial Resistance The Antibiotic Reference Laboratory at ESR is responsible for the national surveillance of antimicrobial resistance among human pathogens. More

	Virological Surveillance ESR public health virology laboratory collates, analyses and reports all year round laboratory-based virological surveillance. More

	Enteric Reference Laboratory The Enteric Reference Laboratory is responsible for the confirmation of isolates of the following notifiable diseases Salmonellae, Shigellae, Vibrio cholerae O1 and VTEC. More

	Environmental Health Indicators The Environmental Health Indicators (EHIs) project is commissioned by the Ministry of Health to develop a functional core set of environmental health indicators for New Zealand. More

	LabSurv A national messaging system for Direct Laboratory Notification of notifiable disease More

	EpiSurv Manual for Public Health Surveillance in NZ, case report forms and instructions (includes SARS and HPAI). More More