Current disease trends and public health reports
The Public Health Unit regularly monitors trends in acute respiratory and gastrointestinal infections among the residents living in the South Eastern Sydney Local Health District. Specifically, the respiratory infections of COVID-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) along with the gastrointestinal infection of norovirus. Below summarises the latest data on these infections.
Further information on these, other conditions, and research the Public Health Unit conducts on can be found by clicking the links below.
Notifiable diseases data for NSW and by Local Health District are available here.
In this section we post recent and annual surveillance reports for respiratory viral activity and impact in South Eastern Sydney Local Health District.
Monthly Acute Respiratory Infections Report
Key Messages for local services
Month of October 2024
To access the full report, please contact the Epidemiology team. The full report is available exclusively to NSW Health staff.
Annual Acute Respiratory Infection / Influenza Report
Sexually Transmissible Infections in South Eastern Sydney
This report, generated every six months, documents the historical trend and the demographic characteristics of sexually transmissible infections in residents within the South Eastern Sydney Local Health District, focusing on chlamydia, gonorrhoea and syphilis.
View current report: 2024 Mid Year Report
Key points of report: Notifications for most sexually transmissible infections are lower than in the first half of 2023 except for gonorrhoea : 3423 cases of chlamydia (-2%), 2239 cases of gonorrhoea (+30%), and 275 cases of infectious syphilis (-23%) in SESLHD residents were notified.
This monthly report provides the trend (i.e. epidemic curve) since 2015 of cases of norovirus detected in sentinel public and private pathology laboratories serving the NSW population.
This report, published during the summer months, monitors trends in laboratory confirmed arbovirus cases reported in residents of South Eastern Sydney Local Health District and in mosquito surveillance around the eastern tidal portion of the Georges River. It provides a summary of the main arboviral infections of concern in South Eastern Sydney (Barmah Forest virus and Ross River virus) with a breakdown of locally acquired cases to provide information on the geographic distribution of the viruses. The report also includes information on mosquito surveillance in Matraville.
View current report: April 2024
Key points of report:
- Two probable cases of Ross River virus infection and no cases of Barmah Forest virus infection in SESLHD residents were reported in April 2024. No case was acquired within SESLHD.
- Eleven cases of dengue virus infection and one case of malaria in SESLHD residents were reported in April 2024. All were acquired overseas.
- Mosquito numbers in SESLHD were low in April 2024.
Childhood Immunisation Coverage Report
This report, published quarterly, provides an overview of the latest childhood immunisation coverage data for children living within the boundaries of South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD), based on immunisation encounters for children reported by providers to the Australian Immunisation Register (formerly the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register).
View current report: Second quarter 2024
Key points of report:
As at 30 June 2024:
- 93.7% of SESLHD children were considered fully vaccinated at 12 months
- 90.2% of SESLHD children were considered fully vaccinated at 2 years
- 94.1% of SESLHD children were considered fully vaccinated at 5 years
Aboriginal Childhood Immunisation Coverage Report
This report, published annually, provides an overview of the latest childhood immunisation coverage data for Aboriginal children living within the boundaries of South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD), based on immunisation encounters for Aboriginal children reported by providers to the Australian Immunisation Register (formerly the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register).
View current report: Annual Report for 2023
Key points of report:
Amongst Aboriginal children in SESLHD in 2022, vaccination coverage:
- Increased to 93.6% fully vaccinated at 12 months
- Increased to 91.5% at 2 years
- Increased to 95.7% at 5 years
School Immunisation Program Coverage Report
This report, published yearly, provides an overview of the latest school immunisation coverage for students attending school-based vaccination programs within the boundaries of SESLHD, based on immunisation encounters for students reported by school immunisation nurses.
View current report: 2022
Key points of report:
In 2022:
- 78% of female year 7 students received the first dose of the HPV vaccine, 65% received dose 2.
- 78% of male year 7 students received the first dose of the HPV vaccine, 64% received dose 2.
- 79% of year 7 students received the dTpa vaccine.
- 72% of year 10 students received the meningococcal ACWY vaccine.
Due to COVID-19 there was some disruption in the school program in 2020 and 2021; some of the schools were not able to be offered dose 2 of the HPV vaccine in 2020 and 2021. Some students might have been vaccinated at their GPs, hence the apparent decrease in the coverage as we only report vaccines given at schools.
Public Health Unit Research Report, 2023 (April 2024)
Public Health Unit Research Report, 2021-2022 (November 2022)
Public Health Unit Research Report, 2020-2021 (November 2021)
Public Health Unit Research Report, 2019-2020 (October 2020)
Public Health Unit Research Report, 2018-2019 (August 2019)