Welcome to the Departments of Public Health, Health Service Executive, Republic of Ireland.
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About us - an overview of who we are and what we do.
Legislation - an overview of the Medical Officer of Health legislation
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Protecting Health-An overview:
Some of the ways in which we intervene to protect the public from exposure to health-damaging hazards.
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Protecting Health-Infectious Diseases:
Including - notifying, investigating & preventing infectious diseases.
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Protecting Health-Environment & Health:
Including - water quality; air quality; risks from biological, chemical and radio-nuclear hazards.
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Protecting Health - Extreme weather events
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Improving health:
Gathering the evidence on how the health of the public can be improved, and working towards making better health available to all.
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Developing health services:
Evaluating and improving the effectiveness and efficiency of healthcare and implementing service development.
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Research:
Finding what we can do to keep healthy, and what is most likely to help us get back to health when we are ill.
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Our Publications:
Departments of Public Health publications on Lenus (The Irish Health Repository) - this collection continues to be updated.
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Contact Details:
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Links to useful information
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A~Z of Topics
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