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Collection description
This collection of resources supports health services, community organisations and media outlets with prevention, treatment and response to diphtheria outbreaks. You can download, share or adapt these to suit local needs.
The resource collection includes:
- brochures
- fact sheets
- radio scripts
- audio files.
Community awareness and prevention resources
These resources support culturally appropriate communication across community organisations, ACCHOs, local councils, schools, outreach services, community leaders, and public health teams.
- What is diphtheria? Why childhood immunisations are important (Department of Health, Disability and Ageing)
- Jab Up Stay Strong (Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council)
- Diphtheria health alert, clinical guidelines, fact sheets, flyers, posters, and matrix for high and medium risk contacts (NT Health)
- Diphtheria (Aboriginal Health Council Western Australia)
- Diphtheria and Be alert for diphtheria, safety information alert (PDF, 137 KB) (NSW Health)
- Diphtheria resources (WA Health):
- diphtheria fact sheet (PDF, 281 KB)
- diphtheria high-risk contact letter (PDF, 216 KB)
- diphtheria medium-risk contact letter (PDF, 215 KB)
- diphtheria low-risk contact letter (PDF, 213 KB)
- keeping skin healthy flyer (PDF, 338 KB)
- prevention poster (PDF, 889 KB)
- response poster (PDF, 758 KB)
- social media tiles (PDF, 2.557 MB)
- alert for regional WA
- Diphtheria resources – National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO)
- Diphtheria health alerts (SA Health)
- Diphtheria – upsurge in potentially fatal respiratory cases (Media statement – Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases)
- AHCWA Diphtheria Webinar – Thursday 14 May 12PM (Aboriginal Health Council of Western Australia)
Diphtheria poster – Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Unit (KAMS)
This poster about diphtheria from KAMS is reproduced by permission.
Diphtheria poster – Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service
This poster about diphtheria from Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service is reproduced by permission.
Diphtheria – a serious sickness – Nindilingarri Cultural Health Services (NCHS)
This poster about diphtheria from NCHS is reproduced by permission.
Diphtheria resources – Metro North Health
These Metro North Health (Queensland Health) diphtheria resources are reproduced by permission. They include social media posters, screensavers and a poster.
Diphtheria radio scripts
These radio scripts can be used to read as is or adapted for local use and different settings. If you'd like our help to produce audio versions of these, please contact us.
Health worker and clinical support resources
Key outbreak management resources to support public health units, health workers, ACCHOs, clinics, primary care providers, outreach and environmental health teams.
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