Our Role
The role of the Public Health Division is to protect the health of the Western Australian community through promoting health, preparing against external threats, preventing harm and reducing risks to health from hazards such as infectious agents and chemicals.
Our Services
The Public Health Division is responsible for coordination and delivery of a wide range of statewide public health policy and programmes such as; food safety, vector control, waste-water management, immunisation, infectious disease surveillance, outbreak investigation, sexual health and disaster management.
Organisational Structure
The Public Health Division is divided into a number of core areas. These include:
Strategic Directions
The Public Health Division (previously known as the Health Protection Group) Strategic Plan for 2006/09 [PDF 158KB] provides details of the Division's future direction and the Operation Plan for 2007/08 [PDF 90KB] summarises the actions for each of the Directorates within the Division.
Note: Due to the change of the Health Protection Group to the Public Health Division in 2008 it is likely the strategic directions will be reviewed to reflect the new entity.
Last Updated: Wednesday 20th May 2009
