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Communicable diseases
The Communicable Diseases Branch develops policy to help with the surveillance, prevention, and control of communicable diseases. As well as advising the Government about individual diseases and immunisation, the branch works to ensure the safety of donated blood supplies, to prepare disease outbreak plans, and to monitor disease levels elsewhere in the world. Information about the organisational structure of the Communicable Diseases Branch and the current training opportunities can be found here, as can links to all areas of this website for which the branch is responsible.
Includes details of the Communicable Diseases Branch, health advice for travellers, and a list of communicable diseases covered on the DH website.
About the latest developments in the strategy for combatting infectious diseases, from Sir Liam Donaldson, Chief Medical Officer.
Health and social care topics featured on this website about different aspects of Department's fight against communicable diseases. The Communicable Diseases Branch helps develop policy in all these areas.
The Communicable Diseases Branch, with independent advisory committees, develops policy to monitor, prevent and control a wide range of infectious diseases. Many of the diseases have dedicated areas on the Department of Health website.
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