Hampshire and Isle of Wight

• HPA plea: please keep hospitals and care homes free from ‘winter vomiting’  Release date: 14 December 2011
  The Health Protection Agency (HPA) South East today issued advice on how to avoid norovirus and prevent the infection spreading as we approach the ‘winter vomiting’ season.
  Added/updated: 14 December 2011
  
• Measles continue to increase across the South East  Release date: 11 April 2011
  The Health Protection Agency in the South East is urging parents to protect their children with two doses of MMR vaccine as measles cases continue to increase across the country.
  Added/updated: 14 December 2011
  
• New cases of HIV in gay men almost double in ten years  Release date: 23 March 2011
  New diagnoses of HIV in men who have sex with men have almost doubled (77%) over the past 10 years rising from 149 in 2001 to 264 in 2010, according to new figures released today by the Health Protection Agency (HPA). Men who have sex with men remain the group most at risk of becoming infected with HIV in the UK.
  Added/updated: 22 March 2011
  
• HPA warns of increasing norovirus activity  Release date: 14 December 2010
  Since the beginning of November the Health Protection Agency (HPA) has recorded 43 outbreaks of norovirus in hospitals across the country of which 39 have led to ward closures. This is almost 50 per cent more than the number recorded in October.
  Added/updated: 14 December 2010
  
• New cases of HIV more than doubles in the last decade  Release date: 26 November 2010
  2009 HIV annual data for South Central Strategic Health Authority
  Added/updated: 14 December 2010
  
• New cases of TB reach highest level for 30 years as drug resistant TB doubles in the last decade  Release date: 4 November 2010
  New cases of TB reach highest levels for 30 years.
  Added/updated: 4 November 2010
  
• Migrant health report published  Release date: 14 October 2010
  The Health Protection Agency is urging universities and FE colleges across the South East to make Freshers’ Week a time to encourage students to check that they have been fully vaccinated against measles, mumps, rubella and Group C meningococcal infection.
  Added/updated: 14 October 2010
  
• ‘Freshers’ urged to check on their immunisations  Release date: 27 September 2010
  The Health Protection Agency is urging universities and FE colleges across the South East to make Freshers’ Week a time to encourage students to check that they have been fully vaccinated against measles, mumps, rubella and Group C meningococcal infection.
  Added/updated: 29 September 2010
  
• New online snapshot of health published  Release date: 15 September 2010
  At-a-glance health information has been published online today, showing the pattern of vaccine uptake, key infections and other health hazards in the South East.
  Added/updated: 29 September 2010
  
• Sexually Transmitted Infections increase in the South East  Release date: 24 August 2010
  New figures released today by the Health Protection Agency show that 15 to 24 year olds continue to be the group most affected by sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the South East.
  Added/updated: 29 September 2010
  
• How to avoid food poisoning this summer in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight  Release date: 7 June 2010
  PEOPLE across the Hampshire and the Isle of Wight are being reminded to take care when preparing and cooking food this summer in a bid to avoid the seasonal rise in cases of food poisoning.
  Added/updated: 28 September 2010
  
• Environmental Public Health Conference 2010  Release date: 27 September 2010
  The Health Protection Agency (HPA) in Hampshire and Isle of Wight are inviting members of the environmental public health community to attend the Environmental Public Health 2010 Conference, which is taking place in Winchester on the 27th January.
  Added/updated: 27 September 2010
  
• Advice on controlling norovirus infection  Release date: 18 January 2010
  Added/updated: 29 September 2010