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Tropical Regional Services

Tropical Regional Services (TRS) provides an integrated and specialised approach to:

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

TRS focuses on the health and well-being of populations, rather than individuals and provides localised public health services in north Queensland, with offices at Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, and Mount Isa and Gulf.

TRS 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 4226 5555
Postal address: PO Box 1103, Cairns Qld 4870
Street address: William McCormack Building II, Level 7, 5 Sheridan Street, Cairns Qld 4870

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

Mackay
Telephone: + 61 7 4911 0400
Postal address: PO Box 5925, MACKAY MC QLD 4741
Street address: 34 East Gordon Street, Mackay Qld 4740

Mount Isa and Gulf
Telephone: + 61 7 4744 9100
Postal address: PO Box 1097, Mount Isa Qld 4825
Street address: Mt Isa House, 119 Camooweal St, Mount Isa

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Last Updated: 18 July 2011
Last Reviewed: 30 October 2008