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Guidance for health professionals on diagnoses, prevention and treatment of meningococcal disease.
Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) is offered to individuals at high risk of severe chickenpox following an exposure.
Guidelines to help health protection teams control outbreaks of scarlet fever in schools, nurseries and other childcare settings.
A poster listing notifiable diseases in humans, and how to report them.
Advice and guidance on the health needs of migrant patients for healthcare practitioners.
Lassa virus causes Lassa fever, an acute viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF).
PGD template to support the national Meningococcal group A,C,W and Y (Menveo®, Nimenrix® or MenQuadfi®) vaccination programme.
Patient group direction template to support the national rotavirus (Rotarix®) vaccination programme for infants.
The alerting system provides an early warning when adverse temperatures are likely to impact on the health and wellbeing of the population.
Guidelines on the control of diphtheria in England including investigation and management of cases and close contacts.
Guidance on the ventilation of indoor spaces to reduce the spread of respiratory infections, including coronavirus (COVID-19).
Guidance for healthcare practitioners on the routine childhood schedule changes from 1 July 2025.
Information for health professionals on the inclusion of Chickenpox (varicella) in the list of notifiable diseases
Information about the BCG vaccination being offered to protect your baby against tuberculosis (TB).
The characteristics, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of alpha-gal syndrome.
Changes to the routine childhood vaccination schedule from 1 July 2025, 1 January 2026 and changes to the selective hepatitis B vaccination programme from 1 July 2025
PGD template to support the national meningococcal group B (Bexsero®) vaccination programme and public health management of meningococcal disease.
Information for healthcare professionals on the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of hepatitis B.
Guidance on the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) for aerosol generating procedures (AGPs).
Information on principles for the identification and management of outbreaks and resources to support local health protection system response to outbreaks of communicable disease.
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