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COVID-19 vaccination clinics for our Aboriginal community CPH Aboriginal Community Engagement Coordinator, Vickie Mason, together with the WSLHD COVID-19 Vaccination Outreach team, liaised with Aboriginal community organisations to help facilitate 101 culturally safe COVID-19 vaccination

Regular COVID-19 public health updates for community

Monthly public health and wellbeing Bulletins sent to 180+ subscribers from local councils, education, government, and non-government subscribers, as well as to over 1,700 subscribers from children’s settings, schools, and community.

clinics for Aboriginal community members.

101 clinics held between January – December 2022.

Local Government Environmental Health collaboration During the pandemic, our Environmental Health team, in collaboration with Nepean Blue Mountains LHD, engaged regularly with the eight Council Environmental Health teams across both LHDs. The aim was to keep Councils updated on any changes to COVID-19 Public Health Orders so they could support their local communities and businesses. on many stresses for my family. But after listening to the doctor, I feel more at ease.” - Attendee at vaccination clinic. “I was nervous about even listening to anything relating to the COVID-19 vaccination, as this topic has bought

COVID-19 - After Action Review The Public Health Unit participated in a state-wide Population Health- based pandemic after action review (AAR). This included a survey of 144 staff who took part in the WSLHD Public Health Unit response, and a half-day debrief session attended by 22 staff to gather insights on:

• Surveillance and reporting • Public Health workforce • Public Health governance • Case and contact management.

A detailed report was compiled with feedback and recommendations which contributed to a broader state-wide pandemic AAR report.

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