The Loddon Mallee Public Health Unit's (LMPHU)health protection role involves protecting individuals, groups and populations against emerging health threats related to infectious diseases and the environment.
The management of communicable disease conditions in our region has transitioned from the Victorian Department of Health to the LMPHU.
This involves surveillance and monitoring of infectious diseases, responding to case investigations and outbreaks, strategic health protection work, and outbreak planning in addition to education and training for healthcare professionals and communities.
For medical practitioners and laboratories
If you are Medical Practitioner or laboratory notifying a case please use the online notification smart form or for urgent conditions please call the Loddon Mallee Public Health Unit on 1800 959 400.
Notifiable conditions
To report a notifiable condition of an individual case or outbreaks of a notifiable infectious disease, condition or micro-organism, see the Victorian Department of Health's notification procedures for infectious diseases.
For community members
If you are a member of the community and we have tried to contact you this may be because:
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Your medical practitioner has notified us that you have or are suspected to have a notifiable disease
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We believe you may have been exposed to notifiable disease
The purpose of our contact is to identify the source of the disease, prevent further cases, and to assist broader prevention strategies. All information provided by you is confidential and protected by legislation; it is only shared when necessary, with authorised relevant parties.
To speak to the Loddon Mallee Public Health Unit please call 1800 959 400 or email [email protected]
