Surveillance
This page contains information about HIV and STI surveillance across Australia.
National
National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS)
The National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System was established in 1990 under the auspices of the Communicable Diseases Network Australia. The System co-ordinates the national surveillance of more than 50 communicable diseases or disease groups. Under this scheme, notifications are made to the States or Territory health authority under the provisions of the public health legislation in their jurisdiction.
Computerised, de-identified unit records of notifications are supplied to the Department of Health and Ageing for collation, analysis and publication on the Internet and in the quarterly journal Communicable Diseases Intelligence.
CDI is published quarterly (March, June, September and December) by the Surveillance Section, Biosecurity and Disease Control Branch, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.
NNDSS data can also be extracted online from: www1.health.gov.au/cda/Source/CDA-index.cfm
Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Program
The AGSP is funded by the Federal health department to provide laboratory analysis of gonococcal isolates in Australia. The Programme produces an annual report on its findings as well as a report on the WHO Western Pacific Region Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme. This page links to annual reports published since 1996.
The AGSP annual reports are available online from the department's website.
State
[ NSW ][ VIC ][ ACT ][ WA ][ QLD ][ NT ][ TAS ][ SA ]
New South Wales
NSW Health HIV Surveillance Report
A range of infectious diseases surveillance data is now available online, including basic quarterly NSW HIV, AIDS and AIDS deaths data.
The data can be accessed by clicking the 'Infectious Diseases'quicklink on the NSW Health internet and intranet websites(www.health.nsw.gov.au or internal). HIV/AIDS is listed with a range of other notifiable diseases, including STIs. The quarterly HIV and AIDS data can be accessed by clicking 'Update' and then 'Characteristics'.
The data supplements that which is formally published through the NSW Public Health Bulletin (indexed by MEDLINE and Index Medicus).
NSW Gonoccocal Surveillance Reports
The CDI publishes the Australian gonococcal surveillance programme annual report. They also publish an international data set of gonococcal susceptibilities in adjoining countries - relevant for travellers who present in Australia or locals who return with infection. The latest New Zealand data is also published as part of the WHO Western Pacific Region Gonococcal antimicrobial surveillance Programme.
Quarterly Reports
- 1st quarter 2007 [34kb]
Annual Report
- Annual Report 2006 [61kb]
- Annual Report 2005 [57kb]
Victoria
Surveillance for infectious diseases is a vital part of maintaining and improving public health in Victoria. The Communicable Diseases Section conducts surveillance for infectious diseases, including HIV, for the Department of Human Services. The Annual Report canvassing HIV data can be found below.
Download annual report: SNID2002_SexuallyTransmissibleInfections.pdf
Email vidb@dhs.vic.gov.au or call 03 9637 4102 for more information.
ACT
All ACT Health information regarding HIV surveillance and epidemiology is published at http://www1.health.gov.au/cda/Source/CDA-index.cfm
Western Australia
The Communicable Disease Control Section of the Western Australian Department of Health aims to maintain an effective communicable disease surveillance system and to minimise disease transmission through timely investigation and response to notified cases and identified outbreaks. Surveillance data is located at www.population.health.wa.gov.au/Communicable/resources_communicable.cfm
Queensland
Queensland Health publishes HIV and STD surveillance and epidemiology data at http://www.health.qld.gov.au/health_professionals/statistics.asp
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory Department of Health and Community Services is responsible for collating and publishing HIV/AIDS and STD surveillance data. Surveillance Update Quarterly Reports are located at www.nt.gov.au/health/cdc/aids_std/report/index.shtml
Tasmania
The Department of Health & Human Services
The communicable disease information on this site relates to some common notifiable diseases for which surveillance is conducted within Tasmania.
Notifiable diseases are diseases which have significance in a public health context and are required by law to be reported to the state Director of Public Health.
Some basic information is provided for a selected number of diseases from the list of notifiable diseases in order to answer commonly asked questions.
If you have any queries about Communicable Disease issues please write to us at public.health@dhhs.tas.gov.au.
South Australia
The STD Services at Royal Adelaide Hospital produce a range of publications surrounding STDs (including HIV) and public health issues. Information can be found at www.stdservices.on.net/stats/
More statistics on HIV infection can be found at www.stdservices.on.net/stats/qsr200401/hiv.htm
