Top End residents are being urged to take precautions to protect themselves against mosquitoes, as the Ross River virus disease season nears its peak month.

The Department of Health's nutrition team is urging all Territorians to take up the "one change at a time" challenge, the theme for this year's Healthy Weight Week.

Young patients at Alice Springs Hospital can look forward to a more comfortable hospital stay thanks to the Woolworths Fresh Food Kids Hospital Appeal.

Territorians are being urged to exercise careful hygiene and food safety practices, following a notable rise in the number of cases of the stomach bug Cryptosporidium in recent weeks.

Organ donor rates in the Northern Territory doubled last year, putting the NT third in the country behind South Australia and Victoria with 17.5 donors per million people.

The NT Centre for Disease control is urging travellers to make every effort to protect themselves against disease carrying mosquitoes when holidaying in South East Asia.