Publications

HIGHLIGHTS:

Operational Guidelines for Typhoid and Paratyphoid (Enteric Fever)

This guidance helps public health practitioners identify the sources of typhoid or paratyphoid infection, and reduce the risks of secondary transmission.

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›› Operational Guidelines for Typhoid and Paratyphoid (Enteric Fever)

HPA's second report on Migrant Health, 2011

This report brings together infectious disease surveillance information with a focus on non-UK born populations. It is estimated that in 2010 approximately 12% of people living in the UK were born abroad, an increase from 8% in 2001.

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›› HPA's second report on Migrant Health, 2011

Surveillance of Surgical Site Infections in NHS hospitals in England 2010/11

This report is a summary of data on surgical site infections (SSIs) collected by NHS hospitals and independent sector NHS treatment centres in England participating in one of 17 surgical categories of surveillance between April 2004 and March 2011.

›› Surveillance of Surgical Site Infections in NHS hospitals in England 2010/11

Tuberculosis in the UK: 2011 report

Public health action to decrease tuberculosis will need to continue to target high-risk groups such as immigrants, homeless persons, problem drug users and prisoners.

The UK should continue to contribute to international tuberculosis control efforts and strengthen our role in addressing the wider determinants of the disease.

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›› Tuberculosis in the UK: 2011 report