ESR, under contract to the Ministry of Health, undertakes laboratory based surveillance of notifiable diseases and outbreak surveillance.
We are responsible for the surveillance of notifiable diseases, disease outbreaks, sexually transmitted infections, influenza and respiratory, enteric and herpes viruses.
Laboratory-based disease surveillance: laboratory-based surveillance of microorganisms of public health significance.
Public Health Surveillance website: ESR coordinates and collates information for several national surveillance systems. This website provides access to selected public health surveillance data and information.
Chemical Injury Surveillance System (CISS): this system involves the collection and analysis of poisoning data.
New Zealand Public Health Observatory (NZPHO): this website is an initiative to improve access to health data. It uses both Internet and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) technology to make visual population health information widely available.
Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs): ESR is the national coordinating centre for STI surveillance on behalf of the Ministry of Health.
Water Information for New Zealand (WINZ): this drinking water database provides information on the quality and safety of community drinking water supplies in New Zealand.