Surveillance systems and networks

Learn about the systems we use to monitor the activity, severity and impact of communicable diseases across Australia.

National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS)

How the NNDSS coordinates data on more than 70 diseases that present a risk to public health in Australia.

National Wastewater Surveillance Program

How testing wastewater helps us detect and monitor priority diseases so we can be ready for future public health threats.

Polio surveillance program

How we prevent, prepare for, monitor and respond to the threat of poliovirus, so that Australia can maintain its polio-free status.

OzFoodNet network

How foodborne diseases are monitored to reduce cases of food poisoning.

Other surveillance systems

The sentinel surveillance and other surveillance systems we run and fund to track communicable diseases and enable all governments to respond to disease outbreaks.

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