NNDL definition

NNDL means the National Notifiable Disease List as defined in the Act. A communicable disease can be included on the NNDL if the Commonwealth Minister, having consulted State and Territory Ministers, considers that an outbreak would be a public health risk. The Act provides for diseases to be added to the NNDL in an
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Examples of NNDL in a sentence

  • The States and Territories will provide data on communicable diseases on the NNDL that are nationally notifiable and reported within their jurisdiction.

  • The States and Territories will: collect notifications of communicable diseases in accordance with relevant public health legislation; and forward to the Commonwealth, de-identified data on the national set of communicable diseases for the purposes of national communicable disease surveillance The States and Territories will provide data on communicable diseases on the NNDL that are nationally notifiable and reported within their jurisdiction.

  • Providing advice to the Commonwealth on potential inclusions and/or deletions from the NNDL.