In a nutshell:
Public Health is concerned with threats to health based on population health analysis.
What we do:
- We concentrate on environmental health, health promotion, health economics, public policy and occupational health to improve health and quality of life mainly through disease preven-tion
- We conduct surveillance of cases and health indicators, and through promotion of healthy behaviours
- Operationally, the Health Promotion Centre is run by Public Health
How we do it:
- By identifying and evaluating environmental health risks such as pollution, animal vectors (rats and mosquitoes) and investigating incoming vessels and their passengers for disease threats
- By looking at occupational health and safety including monitoring and surveillance of work-er’s health
- By conducting Foreign Workers Health Screening as part of their process for employment in Brunei Darussalam
- By managing and containing disease outbreaks in Brunei Darussalam such as H1N1 in the past
- By creating health advisories and preparedness plans for natural phenomenon and other threats to health like travel advisories, flood advisory, haze advisory and so on
- In the last point, we work closely with corporate communications to produce advice in away that is easy for the public to understand and remember, and so we create behaviour change in the public
How to reach us:
Public health
Ministry of Health
Bandar Seri Begawan
Negara Brunei Darussalam
Tel: + 673 238 1640 Ext 7800
Malaria Vigilance Unit
Public Health
Ministry of Health
Bandar Seri Begawan
Negara Brunei Darussalam
For Malaria Prophylaxis (Advise and prophylaxis medication)
Tel : + 673 238 1640 Ext 7824 / 7825
Vector Control Unit
Public Health
Spg.32-37, 3rd Floor, Anggerek Desa,
Bandar Seri Begawan
Negara Brunei Darussalam
Tel : + 673 233 2473
Vector Control Unit
Public Health
Spg.32-37, 3rd Floor, Anggerek Desa,
Bandar Seri Begawan
Negara Brunei Darussalam
Tel : + 673 233 2473
Port Health Unit
Public Health
Ministry of Health
Bandar Seri Begawan
Negara Brunei Darussalam
Tel: +673 238 1640 ext 7828
Occupational Health
Level 1, Health Screening Centre
Berakas, Bandar Seri Begawan
Negara Brunei Darussalam
Tel : + 673 2331100
