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NZ-Japan Data Share Will Enhance Vaccine Research
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 14:02:19 +1200 | Auckland UniServices Ltd
Under the MoU, data from Kyushu University’s LIFE and VENUS studies will be integrated into the GVDN, significantly benefitting global vaccine collaboration. More >>
Infant Nutrition Council Welcomes The NZ Minister’s Decision On Infant Formula Labelling
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 20:06:28 +1200 | Infant Nutrition Council
We look forward to engaging further with the New Zealand Government as they finalise these modifications for the New Zealand market. More >>
FAO Urges Immediate Action As New Variants Of Avian Influenza Threaten Asia And The Pacific
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 19:06:37 +1200 | FAO
Governments, international organizations and the private sector must collaborate and share information transparently and in a timely manner to devise effective containment strategies.More >>
Rare Disorder Community Celebrates Aotearoa’s First Rare Disorders Strategy
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 14:26:37 +1200 | Rare Disorders NZ
For over 20 years Rare Disorders NZ, along with many other stakeholders in the rare disorder community has been calling for an official Rare Disorders Strategy to direct government entities on how to respond to rare disorder cases.More >>
Rare Disorders Strategy Released Today
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 14:18:08 +1200 | Rare Disorders NZ
While the Strategy does not include everything we were hoping, it is an important first step to seeing meaningful change in our health system and other services for the rare community.More >>
Cartherics Enters Agreements With Uniquest, UQ & USYD For Advancing Innovative Cardiac Cellular Therapy
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 14:03:31 +1200 | Cartherics
In parallel, Cartherics, The University of Queensland (“UQ”) and The University of Sydney have entered into a related Material Transfer Agreement (MTA). More >>
Diagnosing Parkinson’s Disease: Are Answers Just A Tear Away?
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 12:42:57 +1200 | Neurological Foundation
The Neurological Foundation has funded the $307,444 project, which is being led by a team from the Universities of Canterbury and Otago working alongside researchers from the University of Auckland.More >>
Pharmac Opens Consultation On Oestradiol Gel
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 11:35:27 +1200 | PHARMAC
Pharmac’s Director of Equity and Engagement Dr Nicola Ngawati says that if approved, more than 18,000 people would benefit in the first year of funding. More >>
Unchecked Rentals Threaten Health Of New Zealanders
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 10:07:47 +1200 | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation of New Zealand
The Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ, which advocates for the 700,000 Kiwis living with respiratory disease, is urging the Government to implement an assessment requirement so tenants know their homes meet the Residential Tenancies (Healthy Homes Standards) ...More >>
President Sharon Lewin On Full Results From PURPOSE 1 Trial Of Twice-yearly Injectable Lenacapavir For HIV Prevention
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 04:57:09 +1200 | International AIDS Society
“Much of this work is underway this week at AIDS 2024, and will continue at HIVR4P 2024, the 5th HIV Research for Prevention Conference, which will take place in Lima, Peru, and virtually from 6 to 10 October 2024.”More >>
The Health & Disability Commissioner Acknowledges The Final Report Of The Royal Commission Of Inquiry Into Abuse In Care
Wed, 24 Jul 2024 16:39:33 +1200 | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Many of the recommendations are consistent with the Code of Rights which gives people using health and disability services the right to complain, and requires providers to facilitate the fair, simple, speedy resolution of complaints.More >>
Government Acknowledges Torture At Lake Alice
Wed, 24 Jul 2024 16:18:17 +1200 | New Zealand Government
The Minister responsible for coordinating the Crown Response to the Abuse in Care Inquiry, Erica Stanford, says throughout the 1970s patients at Lake Alice were given electric shocks without anaesthetic, as well as painful and immobilising paraldehyde ...More >>
Charity Concerned By Slow Screening Rollout For Māori And Pasifika
Wed, 24 Jul 2024 13:47:59 +1200 | Bowel Cancer New Zealand
Bowel Cancer NZ is critical of the Minister of Health’s statement since the government has previously outlined it would trial how best to achieve a high participation rate from May 2022 to July 2023.More >>
Tauranga’s First Māori Ward Councillor ‘Undergoing Medical Treatment’ In Hospital
Tue, 23 Jul 2024 20:45:31 +1200 | Alisha Evans - Local Democracy Reporter
Tauranga’s newly elected Māori ward councillor Mikaere Sydney is currently in hospital.More >>
Ethnicity, Equality And Pharmac: How The Treaty Really Guides NZ’s Drug-buying Policies
Tue, 23 Jul 2024 19:17:25 +1200 | The Conversation
David Seymour’s expectation that drug-buying policy be based on need rather than ethnicity misses the point: the Treaty of Waitangi is already about equality, and can help guide good decisions.More >>
Open Letter To The Incoming Commissioner Of Health NZ From GP Aoteaora
Tue, 23 Jul 2024 17:56:16 +1200 | General Practitioners Aotearoa
General Practitioners Aotearoa (GPA) outlines hopes for the upcoming reforms and concerns about the state of the healthcare system and primary healthcare in particular. More >>
Proactive Measures To Combat Rise In Whooping Cough Cases
Tue, 23 Jul 2024 13:27:37 +1200 | Te Manu Toroa
Te Manu Toroa’s mission is clear: manaaki tō hauora, tiaki tō whānau – look after your health and protect your whānau. More >>
Covid-19 Inquiry Chair Welcomes Additional Commissioner Appointment
Tue, 23 Jul 2024 13:20:30 +1200 | NZ Royal Commission
Professor Blakely says a further phase of the COVID-19 Inquiry provides an opportunity to complement the work already undertaken by the Royal Commission, and for Aotearoa New Zealand to be even better prepared for future pandemics.More >>
Backing Mental Health Services On The West Coast
Tue, 23 Jul 2024 12:14:18 +1200 | New Zealand Government
This new build will improve the quality of specialist mental health services here on the West Coast by providing a modern space that support contemporary models of care.More >>
Phase 2 Clinical Trial Underway To Confirm Effectiveness And Safety Of NZ’s First CAR T-Cell Cancer Therapy
Tue, 23 Jul 2024 07:32:21 +1200 | Malaghan Institute of Medical Research
A phase 2 clinical trial of a new CAR T-cell therapy is getting underway at Wellington Hospital this month, on the back of promising phase 1 results that suggest improved safety compared with leading commercial CAR T-cell therapies, while remaining highly ...More >>
