Diseases of Public Health Significance (DOPHS)

Timely reporting of communicable diseases is essential for their control.

If you suspect or have confirmation of the following specified “Diseases of Public Health Significance”, or their “etiologic agents”, as per Ontario Reg 135/18 and amendments under the Health Protection and Promotion Act, please report them to the local Medical Officer of Health.

Download the Diseases of Public Health Significance Lists

Report diseases listed below to:

Report Immediately:

Report By Next Working Day: 

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List of links present in page
  1. https://www.wechu.org/professionals/diseases-public-health-significance-dophs
  2. https://www.wechu.org/diseases-public-health-significance-pdf
  3. tel:519-258-2146
  4. tel:226-783-2132
  5. tel:519-973-4510
  6. tel:226-783-2113
  7. https://www.wechu.org/health-care-providers/diseases-public-health-significance-investigation-and-reporting-forms
  8. https://www.wechu.org/z-health-topics/anthrax
  9. https://www.wechu.org/food-safety-infectious-diseases/botulism
  10. https://www.wechu.org/z-health-topics/brucellosis
  11. https://www.wechu.org/your-health/diphtheria
  12. https://www.wechu.org/z-health-topics/streptococcal-infections-invasive-group
  13. https://www.wechu.org/z-health-topics/haemophilus-influenzae-type-b-hib
  14. https://www.wechu.org/reportable-diseases/ebola
  15. https://www.wechu.org/your-health-reportable-diseases/hepatitis
  16. https://www.wechu.org/z-health-topics/measles
  17. https://www.wechu.org/z-health-topics/invasive-meningococcal-disease
  18. https://www.wechu.org/cv
  19. https://www.wechu.org/reportable-diseases/polio-poliomyelitis-acute
  20. https://www.wechu.org/reportable-diseases/rabies
  21. https://www.wechu.org/z-health-topics/mpox
  22. https://www.wechu.org/sexual-health/hiv-aids
  23. https://www.wechu.org/z-health-topics/acute-flaccid-paralysis-afp
  24. https://www.wechu.org/food-safety-drinking-water/amebiasis
  25. https://www.wechu.org/z-health-topics/blastomycosis
  26. https://www.wechu.org/food-safety-drinking-water/campylobacter
  27. https://www.wechu.org/z-health-topics/carbapenemase-producing-enterobacteriaceae-cpe
  28. https://www.wechu.org/pregnancy-and-parenting-your-health/chickenpox
  29. https://www.wechu.org/sexual-health/chlamydia
  30. https://www.wechu.org/z-health-topics/cholera-0
  31. https://www.wechu.org/food-safety-drinking-water/cryptosporidiosis-crypto
  32. https://www.wechu.org/z-health-topics/cyclosporiasis
  33. https://www.wechu.org/z-health-topics/echinococcus-multilocularis-infection
  34. https://www.wechu.org/food-safety/foodborne-illness
  35. https://www.wechu.org/your-environment/outbreaks
  36. https://www.wechu.org/reportable-diseases/giardia
  37. https://www.wechu.org/sexual-health/gonorrhea
  38. https://www.wechu.org/sexual-health/hepatitis-b
  39. https://www.wechu.org/sexual-health/hepatitis-c
  40. https://www.wechu.org/z-health-topics/influenza-flu
  41. https://www.wechu.org/food-safety-drinking-water/listeriosis
  42. https://www.wechu.org/your-environment/ticks-and-your-health
  43. https://www.wechu.org/your-health/meningitis
  44. https://www.wechu.org/z-health-topics/mumps
  45. https://www.wechu.org/z-health-topics/whooping-cough-pertussis
  46. https://www.wechu.org/your-environment/outbreaks
  47. https://www.wechu.org/your-health-pregnancy-and-parenting/rubella
  48. https://www.wechu.org/reportable-diseases/salmonella
  49. https://www.wechu.org/food-safety/shigellosis
  50. https://www.wechu.org/z-health-topics/syphilis
  51. https://www.wechu.org/z-health-topics/tetanus-lockjaw
  52. https://www.wechu.org/z-health-topics/tuberculosis-tb
  53. https://www.wechu.org/z-health-topics/typhoid-fever
  54. https://www.wechu.org/food-safety-drinking-water/e-coli
  55. https://www.wechu.org/your-environment/west-nile-virus
  56. https://www.wechu.org/food-safety/yersiniosis
  57. https://www.wechu.org/tags/infection-control
  58. https://www.wechu.org/tags/infectious-disease-prevention