The purpose of communicable disease control is to provide rapid, coordinated, and effective responses to disease outbreaks or threatening situations.

FOLLOW-UP ACITIVITIES INCLUDE
* Health education to individuals, groups and to the community at large, regarding disease transmission and prevention
* Monitoring of disease trends and initiation of control measures
* Notification and immunization of people who have been in contact with a vaccine preventable communicable disease
* Investigation and follow-up of suspected food-borne illness

A TEAM OF PUBLIC HEALTH NURSES, EPIDEMIOLOGIST, PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS ARE ABLE TO HELP IN THE PROCESS OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASE FOLLOW-UP

PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING WORKS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY TO BE RESPONSIBLE, ACCOUNTABLE, COOPERATIVE AND CREATIVE IN DELIVERING PROGRAMS AND SERVICES