Below are the activities carried out by the Council’s Health Department
- Public Health Works
- Awareness and Education – Prepare and Distribute (house to house) awareness brochure
- Inspection
- Premises Inspection
- Hotel inspections-Renewal/Issuance of Licences
- Business licences
- Food Establishment Grading
- Create awareness for Restaurant Grading – Enforcement of Restaurant Grading
- Bilateral and Multi-lateral links
- Work closely with Labour Department, National Fire Authority, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Health & Medical Services, Department of Environment, other Municipal Councils, ICLEI-L G for Sustainability, Police Department, Department of Town & Country Planning and Ministry of Waterways.
- Clean, Healthy, Liveable and Safe Environment
- Provide garbage collection service, green/bulky waste collection, shredding services, routine zone ward inspection, collection of recyclables, general clean-up campaign and support clean up Campaigns by stakeholders
- Vector Control
- Conduct Larval Sampling, Continuous monitoring of premises for vector control, Support Live & Learn-World Mosquito Program
- Sanitary Landfill
- Work closely with Sigatoka Town Council/ DoE and other stakeholders for acquiring land
- Training
- To release staff for workshop/training
- Information management system
- To network with MOH/VCU/SDMO/DoE/FCU/Councils
- Health Promotion
- To work closely with NGO’s-HP Activities
- Dog Trapping Exercise/Animal Nuisance
- Continue Dog trapping with assistance from Ministry of Agriculture
- Waste Minimization and Recycling Promotion
- Sustainability – Distribution of leaflet/Revisits, Community Outreach – 3R Awareness
- Collection of Recyclables – Namaka ward, Martintar ward and Town ward – Residential
- Home Composting – Promotion and Sale of Home Composter
- J-PRISM – Support and Sustain
- Eco – Bag Promotion – Collection of Waste Material from Garment Factory, Distribute Materials to Women’s Group, Continue Promotion and Sale.
- Clean School Program
- Preparation of schedule, Planning for the year, Invitation letter for schools
- Implementation – Visit schools to inform and invite, Receive action plan from schools
- School practices – Monitoring, Judgment, Awarding ceremony
- Added Responsibility – Services to Extended Town Boundary
- Inspections of Extended Town Boundary/Rural Sanitary District development control follow Instructions from MoLG/Planning, Provide garbage collection service, Provide green waste collection, Provide shredding service, Routine Zone Ward Inspection, General Clean-up Campaign (ETB), Clean up Campaigns by stakeholders