Program 1: public health

The 1997-1998 Portfolio Budget Statements, informs Senators and Members of Parliament of the proposed allocation of resources to portfolios outcomes and their objectives and targets including the agencies within the Health and Family Services portfolio.

In this section:

Objective

To promote and protect the health of all Australians and minimise the incidence and severity of preventable illness, injury and disability.

Resource summary

		Outlay		Staffing
Sub-program		1996-97 Estimated Outcome $000	1997-98 Estimate $000	1996-97 Estimated Outcome Staff Years	1997-98 Estimate Staff Years
1.1	Public Health Development and Programs	243,038	231,913	209.1	246.5
1.2	Health Regulation	55,013	51,181	541.1	538.1
1.3	Health Research and Information	177,838	171,492	61.6	58.4
1.4	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare	7,610	7,748	77.6	76.8
TOTAL		483,500	462,334	889.4	919.8

1997-98 Sub-program Estimate as % of Program outlays (GIF 6 KB)

Map from program to organisation structure

Program	Sub-program	Division	Branch
1.PublicHealth	1.1 Public Health Development and Programs	Public Health	National Health Promotion and Protection
			National Centre for Disease Control
			National Public Health Planning
		Health Services Development	Health Service Outcomes
		Health Insurance Commission
	1.2 Health Regulation	Therapeutic Goods Administration(TGA)	Drug Safety and Evaluation
			Chemicals and Non-Prescription Drugs
			TGA Laboratories
			Business and Services
			Conformity Assessment
			Australian Radiation Laboratory
		Nuclear Safety Bureau
		Australia New Zealand Food Authority
	1.3 Health Research and Information	Office of the NHMRC	Health Research
			Health Intelligence and Partnerships
	1.4 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Shading indicates Portfolio Agencies which report separately