Environmental Health Indicators

Border Health

This section gives background information about how exotic diseases affect our health.

About border health
Indicators at a glance - Border Health
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Overseas infectious diseases of priority concern
An overview of exotic, infectious diseases detected overseas which are of priority concern to New Zealand.
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Border Health In New Zealand
How New Zealand health has been affected by exotic diseases which cross our international borders.
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High-risk pests caught at New Zealand’s border
The types of exotic mosquitoes which are caught at our border by New Zealand’s mosquito surveillance programme.
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Exotic mosquito species established in New Zealand
The presence of exotic mosquito species in New Zealand increases the risk of mosquito-borne disease outbreaks here.