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Breastfeeding
Of all the food and drink you might consume in your lifetime, only one will be nutritionally complete: Breastmilk!PageWorkplace & schools
Workplaces and schools are settings in the community that we participate in and work to exercise a positive health influence. We like to see them as focal points for leadership in the wider community aimed at positive health outcomes.PageWorkplace wellbeing
The workplace is an ideal setting for a wellbeing framework as a great number of people spend large portions of their waking hours at work and evidence has proven that workplace wellbeing programmes benefit both the employee and the employerPageRecreational water
The quality of water at various sea and freshwater sites across the Southern District is monitored weekly during the swimming season (December – March) to make sure people can visit these sites without becoming unwell.PageHealth Promoting Schools
Health Promoting Schools collaborates with school communities and is based on the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi/Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the Ottawa Charter.PageServices to education providers
Public Health South collaborates with early childhood education centres, primary and secondary schools and the associated communities to promote healthy learning environments and communities.PageEarly Childhood Education Services
Public Health South provides health and safety assessments and health promotion advice to the Early Childhood Sector.PageAlcohol Licensing
Public Health South's role is to enquire into and report on alcohol license application, promote and monitor host responsibility practices, provide training and encourage the implementation of alcohol harm reduction strategies.PageContact information for Public Health
For advice and information please contact your nearest office, or contact us via our online forms.PageChildhood immunisation
It is important that immunisations, starting at 6 weeks, are done on time to prevent disease, but it is never too late to start or continue. For all immunisations make an appointment at your family doctor.PageLinks - Public Health
Links to some useful websitesPagePostgraduate Nursing Education Funding (PGNE)
Welcome to Postgraduate education for Registered Nurses program. The graduate nurse represents the future of the nursing profession and as such we believe you should have the opportunity to develop your professional and practice roles in a supportive…PageNZRDA Strike - 29 April-04 May
NZRDA members throughout the country, including here in the Southern district, have again voted to strike, this time for five days.PublicationNZRDA Strike Update Monday 29 April
Our hospitals are coping well with the first day of the five-day strike by NZRDA members and the contingency plans in place are very effective.PublicationImmunisation Week: Are you up to date?
It’s Immunisation Week and Southern District Health Board is encouraging everyone to ensure their whole family is up to date with immunisations.PublicationWorld Hand Hygiene Day: Save Lives – Always Clean Your Hands
It’s World Hand Hygiene Day on Sunday 5 May and Southern DHB is encouraging healthcare staff and members of the public to help save lives by always cleaning their hands.PublicationCPHAC Agenda January 30th 2019 in Invercargill
PublicationCPHAC Agenda March 27th 2019 in Dunedin
PublicationHAC Agenda January 30th 2019 in Invercargill
PublicationHAC Agenda March 27th 2019 in Dunedin
PublicationNew Pasifika champion for National Bowel Screening Programme
Mataura Presbyterian pastor, Tau Ben-Unu, has become the tenth ‘champion’ of the Southern DHB’s National Bowel Screening Programme – even though he admits his first instinct when receiving a free bowel screening test kit in the mail was not to do it.PublicationPrivacy
Find out how we deal with your personal information when you use our services or when you visit our website.PageSignificant increase in bowel screening participation in Mataura
Mataura residents are participating in the Southern DHB’s National Bowel Screening Programme in increasing numbers, after a series of public awareness initiatives in the area since March.PublicationMeasles case confirmed in Queenstown
Southern DHB/Public Health South is alerting Queenstown residents that they may have been exposed to measles. The Queenstown resident was infectious with measles while at the following locations:PublicationHe Korowai Oranga: Māori Health Strategy
Whānaungatanga, Manaakitanga, Aroha, Wairuatanga, Kaitiakitanga Whānau Ora.PageMāori support services for hospital care
Working together to provide you with successful journey from hospital to home.PageTerms and conditions
Find out more about the terms and conditions of the Southern Health / Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora - Southern website.PageCommunity Health Council - Our First Year
PublicationMy Health
Mental Health Advanced DirectPageResource Centre Newsletter Aug - Sept
Find out about key health events in the up-coming months.PublicationSimulation Lab opening
Award winning simulation lab design set to become reality The Southern Innovation Challenge is an annual competition that encourages Southern DHB staff to bring their ideas to life.PublicationSouthern DHB Nursing Director wins top Australasian award in mental health
The expertise, dedication, professionalism and hard work of Heather Casey, Southern DHB Director of Nursing Mental Health, Addictions and Intellectual Disability has been recognised at the 2019 Mental Health Service Awards of Australia and New Zealand pPublication