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SA Health

SA Health is the overarching health portfolio of various services and agencies that are responsible to the Minister for Health and Wellbeing. SA Health also engages with some non-government and community service providers on a formal, direct basis and more broadly, on policy and planning matters.

Vision and mission

SA Health is committed to protecting and improving the health of all South Australians by providing leadership in health reform, public health services, health and medical research, policy development and planning, with an increased focus on wellbeing, illness prevention, early intervention and quality care.

How SA Health can help

These include:

  • public hospitals
  • metropolitan and country health service delivery
  • environmental health
  • communicable disease control
  • epidemiology
  • health promotion
  • pathology services
  • drug and alcohol services
  • emergency and ambulance
  • organ donation.
Resources
  • Clinical resources - resources for clinicians and health care workers
  • Conditions - information on common medical conditions and illnesses
  • COVID-19 - latest advice from our medical experts
  • Healthy Living – tips for better health, wellbeing and healthy lifestyle
  • Public Health - protecting from disease and health hazards

Information lines / help lines

  • A full list of contact information for our services can be found here.

Recommended links

Last reviewed: August 2022

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Medicinal cannabis - Patient access in South Australia | SA Health

Information for patients and clinicians on how to gain access to medicinal cannabis in South Australia.

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Anthrax | SA Health

Anthrax is a potentially fatal but very rare disease in Australia and usually occurs in people who have close contact with animals or their products

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Campylobacter infection | SA Health

Campylobacter infection usually causes gastroenteritis but may lead to more serious illness. Eating contaminated food is the most frequent cause.

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Severe acute respiratory syndrome | SA Health

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a respiratory illness caused by a virus called SARS associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV).

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Ways infectious diseases spread | SA Health

How infectious diseases spread including via air, personal contact, soiled objects, skin, mucous membranes, saliva, urine, blood, sexual contact, food and water

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Managing low back pain and sciatica | SA Health

Simple advice on managing low back pain or sciatica to assist your recovery

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Preventing food poisoning at home | SA Health

Food poisoning can be caused by eating food contaminated by bacteria, viruses, parasites or fungi, or by toxins produced by them

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Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) | SA Health

Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is a respiratory illness caused by a new coronavirus (MERS-CoV) that first appeared in Saudi Arabia in 2012

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Conjunctivitis | SA Health

Conjunctivitis is an inflammation of the lining of the eye and eyelid caused by bacteria, viruses, chemicals or allergies.

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Trachoma | SA Health

Trachoma is a preventable disease of the eyes caused by infection with the bacteria Chlamydia trachomatis (different from the sexually transmitted form of this germ).

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