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Health AlertsMiddle East Area of Operations Post Deployment Health AlertDefence personnel, contractors and civilians who underwent minor surgical procedures at the ADF Health Facility at Al Minhad Air Base between February 2009 and August 2010 have been requested to contact their local Defence medical facility or General Practitioner after an issue with a steriliser was recently identified in a governance check. Australian Health AlertsNOTE: The Health Alerts listed below are issued by Australian State Governments and are of a general nature which could possibly effect residents or visitors to those states. For full details of Health Alerts issued, we suggest you visit the relative State Government Health web sites which are also detailed below. The Privacy and Copyright Policy of these sites may not necessarily be the same as that of Defence. ACT | NSW | NT | QLD | SA | TAS | VIC | WA
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| Date | Subject | Information |
| 23 Dec 2011 | Measles in the ACT | This week, two people were diagnosed with measles in the ACT. These people have no known links to the recent measles outbreak associated with an ACT school. |
New South Wales New South Wales - Department of Health
| Date | Subject | Information |
| 18 Jan 2012 | Warning to take precautions and avoid Mosquitoes | The NSW Ministry of Health is reminding the public to protect themselves against mosquitoes after one person contracted Murray Valley Encephalitis (MVE) in the New England area, and another contracted the Kunjin virus. |
| 29 Dec 2011 | Health Warning to Avoid Mosquitoes | NSW Health is warning residents and visitors in southern and western NSW to take extra precautions and protect themselves against mosquitoes following the detection of the Murray Valley Encephalitis (or MVE) virus in NSW. |
Northern TerritoryNorthern Territory - Department of Health and Families
| Date | Subject | Information |
| 3 Feb 2012 | Melioidosis Risk Continues During Ongoing Wet | As the Wet Season's regular rains continue, cases of the serious soil-borne disease melioidosis are still being diagnosed. |
| 25 Jan 2012 | Big rains bring Ross River virus risk | Top End residents are being urged to take precautions to protect themselves against mosquitoes, as the Ross River virus (RRV) disease season nears its peak month. |
| 18 Jan 2012 | Hygiene warning as Crypto cases double | Territorians are being urged to exercise careful hygiene and food safety practices, following a notable rise in the number of cases of the stomach bug Cryptosporidium in recent weeks. |
| 11 Jan 2012 | Don't bring dengue home from holidays | The NT Centre for Disease Control (CDC) is urging travellers to make every effort to protect themselves against disease carrying mosquitoes when holidaying in South East Asia. |
| 6 Jan 2012 | Wet season again brings melioidosis disease | Top Enders are being warned to protect against the potentially fatal disease melioidosis with 18 cases of the bacterial infection diagnosed already this Wet Season. |
| 9 Dec 2011 | Measles Alert | There have been two cases of measles in the Northern Territory in the past week. Measles is a very contagious disease which can be spread to non-immune people by casual contact with a person who is infected |
| Nov 2011 | Protect against Biting Midges | Biting midges hatch from their mangrove breeding sites around the half moon period and begin spreading out in the area around the mangroves a few days later, around the full or new moon periods. |
| 8 Nov 2011 | Rains increase risk of deadly melioidosis | Top Enders are being warned about the potentially deadly risk of walking barefoot, as the advancing Wet Season carries an increased risk of the deadly soil-borne disease melioidosis. |
| 23 Sep 2011 | Stingers don't read calendars | Stinger season traditionally starts on 1 October but according to Public Health Physician Steven Skov the hot, humid weather and warmer sea waters already being experienced in the Top End are likely to prompt the early return of box jellyfish. |
QueenslandQueensland - Queensland Health
| Date | Subject | Information |
| 2 Feb 2012 | Floodwater may be a health risk | Queensland Health advises that floodwaters currently affecting some areas of the South West may pose a health risk to residents. |
| 6 Dec 2011 | Don’t be complacent on dengue mosquitoes | Queensland Health is encouraging North Queenslanders to continue to take normal precautions ahead of the wet season this year. |
| 1 Dec 2011 | Warning on handling bats | Queensland Health is warning Queensland residents to avoid contact with bats. |
South AustraliaSouth Australia - Department of Health
| Date | Subject | Information |
| 24 Jan 2012 | Measles case in Adelaide metropolitan area | The Communicable Disease Control Branch (CDCB) has been notified of a case of measles in an unvaccinated man from metropolitan Adelaide. The infection was acquired overseas. |
| 19 Dec 2011 | Measles case in Adelaide metropolitan area | The Communicable Disease Control Branch (CDCB) has been notified of a case of measles in an unvaccinated woman from metropolitan Adelaide. The infection is thought to have been acquired overseas. |
TasmaniaTasmania - Department of Health and Human Services
| Date | Subject | Information |
| Nil Recent |
VictoriaVictoria - Department of Human Services - Chief Health Officer
| Date | Subject | Information |
| 29 Dec 2011 | Health warning on mosquitoes | Residents and visitors along the Murray River in northern Victoria are being warned to protect themselves against mosquitoes following the detection of Murray Valley Encephalitis virus (MVE) in New South Wales. |
| 8 Dec 2011 | Measles Alert for general practitioners and emergency departments | In the past four weeks the Department of Health (DH) has been notified of four confirmed cases of measles in metropolitan Melbourne. |
Western Australia Western Australia - Department of Health
| Date | Subject | Information |
| 31 Jan 2012 | Mosquito-borne virus warning for regional WA | The Department of Health has expanded its warning to residents and travellers in the Pilbara and Gascoyne regions to take additional precautions to avoid mosquito bites. |
| 27 Jan 2012 | Amoebic meningitis warning for Western Australian recreational waterways | With hot temperatures set to continue around the State over the next few days, the Department of Health is reminding people about the potential risk of amoebic meningitis. |
| 9 Dec 2011 | Widespread activity of mosquito-borne diseases in Western Australia | The Department of Health is advising people living or travelling through the Kimberley and Wheatbelt regions of WA to take care to avoid mosquito bites following detection of Murray Valley encephalitis (MVE) and Kunjin (KUN) viruses for the first time in the 2011-2012 season. |
| 3 Nov 2011 | Ross River virus disease risk spreads in the south-west | The Department of Health is advising people living or holidaying in the south-west of WA to take care to avoid mosquito bites following detection of Ross River virus (RRV) activity at several localities in the region. |
