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Tropical Population Health Services

Tropical Population Health Services (TPHS) provides an integrated and specialised approach to:

protecting health
preventing disease, illness and injury
promoting health and well-being.

Population health focuses on the health and well-being of populations, rather than individuals.

TPHS provides localised population health services in north Queensland, with offices at Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, and Mount Isa and Gulf.

TPHS works for a population of over 600,000 people, from St Lawrence south of Mackay to the northernmost islands of the Torres Strait.

Key functions

communicable disease control
health promotion
health surveillance
medical entomology
environmental health
public health nutrition

A unique part of Queensland

Tropical Queensland is a distinctive and challenging environment. Features include:

many rural and remote communities
a large Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population
high urban growth
a young population
a large number of international and Australian visitors
the State’s highest rates of communicable diseases (salmonella, hepatitis C) and other unique diseases such as dengue fever, leptospirosis and Japanese encephalitis.

Contacts

Cairns
Telephone: + 61 7 4050 3600
Postal address: PO Box 1103, Cairns Qld 4870
Street address: 19 Aplin St, Cairns

Townsville
Telephone: + 61 7 4753 9000
Postal address: LMB 4016, Townsville Qld 4810
Street address: 242 Walker St, Townsville

Mackay
Telephone: + 61 7 4968 6611
Postal address: PO Box 5925, Mackay Qld 4740
Street address: Mackay Base Hospital, 475 Bridge Rd, Mackay

Mount Isa and Gulf
Telephone: + 61 7 4744 4846
Postal address: PO Box 27, Mount Isa Qld 4825
Street address: Cnr Doreen and Camooweal Sts, Mount Isa

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Last Updated: 21 November 2008
Last Reviewed: 30 October 2008