Centre for Disease Control – Public Health Division
The Centre for Disease Control sits within the Public Health Division under the Chief Health Officer. CDC units are located across the five health service regions in the Northern Territory (NT).
- Surveillance and Response Unit
The unit coordinates the routine public health response to notifiable diseases. - Northern Territory Disease Control Bulletin
Quarterly bulletin providing the latest data on communicable disease and notifiable conditions. - Trachoma program
Working towards eliminating blinding trachoma from NT communities. - Tuberculosis and leprosy unit
Clinical services for the screening, diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis and leprosy. - Medical entomology
Providing advice, surveillance, monitoring and control of insects that can affect human health, with a focus on mosquitoes and biting midges. - Rheumatic Heart Disease program
The program aims to prevent and reduce the burden of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease. - Immunisation program
Find information for health professionals on current immunisation information, updates and resources and links to vaccination education courses. - Sexual Health and Blood Borne Viruses
Policies, procedures and guidelines that inform the clinical management of STIs and BBV in the NT. As well as research and training information for health professionals. - Centre for Disease Control contacts
Contact information for the Centre for Disease Control. - COVID-19 vaccine
Find scheduled substance treatment protocols approved by the CHO under section 254 of the Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2012.