The time has come for an Australian Centre for Disease Control
Bradley J. McCall A B L , Megan K. Young C D , Scott Cameron E , Rod Givney F , Robert Hall G , John Kaldor H , Ann Koehler I , Vicki Krause J and Christine Selvey KA Metro South Public Health Unit, PO Box 333, Archerfield, Qld 4108, Australia.
B Centre for Military and Veterans Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Queensland, Mayne Medical School, Herston Rd, Herston, Qld 4006, Australia.
C School of Medicine, GHI, Griffith University, University Drive, Meadowbrook, Qld 4131, Australia.
D Metro North Public Health Unit, Moreton Bay Office, PO Box 1025, Redcliffe, Qld 4020, Australia.
E Discipline of Public Health, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.
F Microbiology, Pathology North, Hunter Area Pathology, Infection Prevention & Control, Hunter New England Health, Newcastle University, Locked Bag 1, Hunter Regional Mail Centre, NSW 2310, Australia.
G School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, Vic. 3800, Australia.
H Public Health Interventions Research Group, Kirby Institute, University of NSW, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
I Communicable Disease Control Branch, Division of Public Health and Clinical Systems, SA Health, PO Box 287, Rundle Mall, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia.
J Centre for Disease Control, Northern Territory Department of Health, PO Box 40596, Casuarina NT 0811, Australia.
K Communicable Diseases Unit, Chief Health Officer Branch, Queensland Health, PO Box 2368, Fortitude Valley BC, Qld 4006, Australia.
L Corresponding author. Email: b.mccall@uq.edu.au
Australian Health Review 37(3) 300-303 https://doi.org/10.1071/AH13046
Submitted: 19 February 2013 Accepted: 10 March 2013 Published: 17 May 2013
Journal Compilation © AHHA 2013
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