Public Health
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![The child get immunised by a nurse.South Eastern Sydney Public Health Unit provides general advice and information on adult and childhood immunisation and vaccination](/sites/default/files/2018-09/Immunisation.jpg)
Immunisation
![The image of infection under a microscope. South Eastern Sydney Public Health Unit provides information and advice about infectious diseases to health professionals and the community](/sites/default/files/2018-09/Infectious%20diseases.jpg)
Infectious diseases
![The picture of Harbor Bridge. Environmental Health practice includes the assessment, control and prevention of risk factors to reduce their impacts on human health](/sites/default/files/2018-09/Environmental%20health.jpg)
Environmental health
![Hand holding on a phone. Hot Topics and Alerts issued by SESLHD PHU are related to communicable or infectious diseases, they can also include environmental health threats concerning the Local Health District, and New South Wales.](/sites/default/files/2018-09/Public%20health%20hot%20topics%20and%20alerts.jpg)
Public health hot topics and alerts
![Older adults sitting on a bench. SESLHD PHU provides support and advice to aged care facilities and older adults on infection control and outbreak management](/sites/default/files/2018-09/Information%20for%20aged%20care%20facilities.jpg)
Information for aged care facilities
![The picture of smiling kids with colourful hands. SESLHD PHU provides advice and support to early childhood facilities and childcare centres to help limit the spread of infections and respond to outbreaks](/sites/default/files/2018-09/Information%20for%20childcare%20centres.jpg)
Information for childcare centres
![COVID-19 Aboriginal Support Team](/sites/default/files/2021-02/aboriginalsupport.jpg)
COVID-19 Aboriginal Support Team
![The picture of standing doctors. The Unit processes the appointment of Medical Referees, maintains their register on behalf of NSW Health](/sites/default/files/2018-09/Medical%20Referees.jpg)
Medical referees
![The picture of demand forecasting. Public Health Unit prepares regular reports of the health surveillance data on the residents living in the South Eastern Sydney Local Health District which provide useful information about disease trends in our population](/sites/default/files/2018-09/Public%20Health%20Data%20and%20Research.jpg)
Public health data and research
![The picture of hand holding pen and filling the form](/sites/default/files/2019-02/hand-holding-a-pen-and-writing-on-a-notebook_t20_knvvzP.jpg)
Public Health Forms
![The Cruise Ship Program logo. The NSW Cruise Ship Health Program aims to improve health surveillance on cruise ships and respond to outbreaks of infectious disease.](/sites/default/files/2023-02/Cropped_CruiseShipLogo_resize4.png)
The Cruise Ship Program