Queensland Health has responsibility under the Public Health Act 2005 for the control of notifiable communicable diseases in Queensland, including mosquito-borne diseases. Queensland Health's Communicable Disease Prevention and Control Unit along with Public Health Units work in partnership with state and local government to ensure effective and sustainable mosquito management programs are in place and any outbreaks are controlled.
Local governments in Queensland administer and enforce the Public Health Act 2005 and Public Health Regulation 2005 which deal with public health risks from designated pests such as mosquitoes.
The key steps in any mosquito borne disease prevention and control program include:
- community education and engagement
- disease surveillance and research
- mosquito control.
Some resources listed on this page are not yet available online. The following linked documents provide detailed mosquito borne disease prevention and control plans and guidelines:
- Queensland Dengue Management Plan 2010 - 2015 (PDF, 792kb)
- Guidelines for controlling public health risks relating to mosquitoes, flies and black flies in flood events
- Public Health Act 2005 Resource Kit
- Queensland Health Guidelines to minimise mosquito and biting midge problems in new development areas (PDF, 196kb) 2002
- Queensland Joint Strategic Framework for Mosquito Management 2010 - 2015 (PDF, 194kb)
- Vermin and vector control for Environmental Health Officers
- Information for occupants survey sheet (PDF, 980kb)
- Mozzies and you - don't get bugged brochure (PDF, 1mb)
- Mozzies and you in the workplace brochure (PDF, 1.53mb)
- A to Z of communicable diseases
- American Mosquito Control Association
- Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service
- Bureau of Meteorology (Queensland weather and warnings)
- Communicable diseases homepage
- Environmental Protection Agency advice on mosquito and biting midge control (PDF, 144 kb)
- Guidance on use of water tanks, EnHealth
- Local Government Association of Queensland:
- Mosquito Management Code of Practice (PDF, 1.3 MB) 2012
- Vector control resources
- Mosquito Control Association of Australia
- NSW Arbovirus Surveillance and Vector Monitoring Program
- Sustainable Planning Act 2009 (PDF, 2160 kb)
- Sustainable Planning Regulation 2009 (PDF, 878 kb)
- University of Sydney Department of Medical Entomology
- Vector-borne Disease Early Detection and Surveillance (VEDS) System.