The main output of the Community Health Services Directorate is to provide equitable health care services in the
community setting with a key focus on primary care services, and preventing and protecting against disease and injury
while promoting healthier living for improved population health outcomes. This will be achieved through the provision
of safe, quality, evidence base, accessible and affordable preventative and curative health services for all population
groups including children, adolescents, adults and older people in schools, churches, the workplace and other community
settings.
The directorate divisions are:
- Health protection
- Health promotion,
- Child, Adolescent, Reproductive and Maternal(ChARM) Health,
- Mental Health,
- Research and
- Oral health with specialty areas in Older people's health, as well as
- Ear and Eye health.
A core public health function is to protect the Cook Islands population from national and international public health threats
and emergencies including communicable diseases such as Dengue fever, sexually transmitted infections, HIV/AIDS, and Avian
influenza.
