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The HPA has
been regularly commissioned by the Department of Health,
Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS) to develop and
produce a range of resources for health professionals and
members of the public to support its childhood and adult
immunisation programmes. These ongoing programmes aim to
protect the health of the public by providing a range of
safe and effective vaccines against many dangerous childhood
diseases and against influenza among older people, and
those in the 'at risk' group.
More recently
the HPA has been asked to extend this work to include adult
screening programmes. These programmes aim
to detect a range of diseases and pre-disease conditions
before symptoms appear or before the patient presents with
the diseases.
The HPA also
contributes to the implementation of the DHSSPS’s
Antimicrobial Resistance Action Plan (AMRAP). We have developed
and produced material in support of a public information
campaign to highlight two priority action areas in AMRAP – prudent
antimicrobial (antibiotic) use in humans in the community,
and infection control through hand washing.
 Antenatal
screening
Antibiotics
Breast
screening
Flu
Hand
washing
Healthcare associated infection (HAI)
Hepatitis C
Health protection
for children, which includes information on immunisation,
can be found under the Parents
and children section of this website.
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