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| Abstract | During the past few years Malta continued to be hyperendemic for meningococcal disease (MD). The incidence of re p o rted cases of MD has incre a s e d markedly from 0.8 per 100,000 persons in 1994 to 8.1 per 100,000 in 2000 - the highest rate since 1942. In the year 2001, the incidence rate dropped to 5.5 per 100,000 Maltese population. The incidence of Brucellosis during the 1980s was low with 7 cases in 1991. A sudden resurgence of the disease occurred in 1995 with 225 notified cases (mean annual incidence of 59.8 per 100,000 population). 99% of the cases gave a history of ingestion of raw cheeslets made from unpasteurised milk sometime during the previous few months to a year before the onset of symptoms. There have been no notified cases during 1999, 2000 and 2001. Hepatitis A shows a slowly upgoing trend since 1995. During the period 1995-2000 there were four individual outbreaks affecting a total of 17 persons. In 2001 there were no cases of Hepatitis A. |
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| Key words | sexual health, childhood immunisation, infectious disease, public health, asthma, cancer, transport accidents, bathing water, dental health, disability, elderly, osteoporosis, smoking, tuberculosis, foodborne illness |