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Health protection

Overview of health protection

How Public Health Scotland protects the Scottish population from infectious diseases, incidents and outbreaks, and environmental hazards

Infectious diseases

Guidance and data on infections and infectious diseases

Emergency response

Planning an effective response to outbreaks and incidents

Scottish Health Protection Network (SHPN)

Working to improve health protection practice in Scotland through effective collaboration

Public health microbiology

Helping us monitor known and emerging threats, and evaluate effective interventions, to ensure public health action and policy are developed

Respiratory surveillance

Information about our respiratory surveillance programmes

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