Key stakeholders and community partners recently came together to celebrate the launch of the NEPHU Population Health Catchment Plan 2025 to 2029.
The event highlighted the collective commitment to strengthening local prevention systems and improving the health and wellbeing of communities across the north-east region.
NEPHU Population Health Senior Manager, Melanie Chisholm
Representatives from Local Government , Community Health, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health, Women’s Health, the Department of Health and many more were invited to celebrate the launch after extensive consultation sessions were held to support the development of the new priority areas and Plan.
Launch event attendees
The launch event also brought together for the first time in person the newly formed Population Health Advisory Group. This collaborative and diverse group of partners from across the catchment will provide advice and support for the implementation and delivery of the plan in the coming years.
Population Health Advisory Group members
Population Health Catchment Plan 2025-2029
The Plan outlines NEPHU’s key health and wellbeing priorities and highlights how we will continue working with local partners, communities, and health services to improve health outcomes and reduce inequities.
As part of Victoria’s wider prevention system, Local Public Health Units (LPHUs) play an important role in building healthier communities. Working closely with the Department of Health, health services, local government and community organisations, LPHUs strengthen local prevention systems and deliver place-based approaches that respond to the unique needs of their populations.
Part 2 builds on the foundations from part 1 of the plan, expanding NEPHU’s focus to five key priority areas for action from 2025 to 2029:
- Improving sexual and reproductive health
- Reducing harm from tobacco and e-cigarette use
- Improving wellbeing
- Increasing healthy eating
- Increasing active living
Part 1 of NEPHU’s inaugural Catchment Plan, delivered from 2023 to 2025, focused on improving sexual and reproductive health and increasing healthy eating.
