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News: tagged with "disease"

• End of COVID restrictions doesn’t end disabled people’s right to health

  Posted: Wednesday, August 16, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: human rights, health, disabilities, disease, services
  Te Kāhui Tika Tangata | Human Rights Commission media release: 16th August 2023 The last of the COVID protections may have lifted, but disabled people still have the right to health and the right to support, says Kaihautū Tika Hauātanga Disability Rights

• New website from Long COVID Support Aotearoa

  Posted: Wednesday, July 19, 2023 in: Resources and Information With tags: disease, support, information
  Patient rōpū Long Covid Support Aotearoa (LCSA) has recently published a new website to "bring forward the lived experience of patients to help others and the wider community connect with information that is relatable and useful

• Recreational water quality results from Whakaraupō Lyttelton and Akaroa released

  Posted: Wednesday, June 21, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: water, safety, disease, pollution, swimming
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 20th June 2023 Environment Canterbury undertook faecal source testing earlier this year in many of the bays and waterways in Lyttelton Bays/Whakaraupō and Akaroa/Whakaroa to help determine what type of faecal pollution

• Pacific community connections key to wellbeing during COVID-19

  Posted: Thursday, June 8, 2023 in: Resources and Information With tags: pacific, wellbeing, disease, resilience, community connection, Report
  Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission media release: 8th June 2023 Pacific peoples’ connection – to family, community, culture and faith – has been a key source of strength and resilience in the pandemic

• Cure Kids’ third State of Child Health Report spotlights urgent health priorities

  Posted: Wednesday, May 17, 2023 in: Resources and Information With tags: Report, child health, families, disease, care, health, inequality, equity
  Cure Kids media release: 16th May 2023 Cure Kids’ "State of Child Health in Aotearoa New Zealand" report reveals the inequitable and worsening burden of diseases, including respiratory conditions, and rheumatic fever and heart disease for our tamariki

• Long COVID Online Support Tool now available

  Posted: Wednesday, April 26, 2023 in: Resources and Information With tags: support, technology, disease, recovery
  This support tool is a series of videos with downloadable information for everyone who has, or thinks they might have Long COVID. People who have other post viral illnesses like ME/CFS might also find the toolkit useful

• Hapu mama and young children encouraged to get their pertussis vaccinations

  Posted: Wednesday, March 15, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: children, women, prevention, disease, immunisation, vaccination
  Pertussis vaccinations are free and so important for hapū mama and young children, says Nikki Turner - Medical Director of the Immunisation Advisory Centre

• Rural communities respond well to pandemic despite challenges

  Posted: Wednesday, February 15, 2023 in: Resources and Information With tags: disease, recovery, rural, health, Community
  Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission: Tuesday 14th February 2023 The COVID-19 pandemic has added additional stress to the rural community, which itself faces different wellbeing challenges to those of urban Aotearoa

• Imported measles case confirmed in New Zealand

  Posted: Wednesday, February 15, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: prevention, disease, advice
  Te Whatu Ora media release: 13th February 2023 A measles case has been confirmed in New Zealand for the first time since the 2019 outbreak. The person is an adult living in Auckland

• Have a safe as summer

  Posted: Thursday, December 8, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: health, disease, advice, summer
  The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) recently released the weather predictions for summer and it’s looking pretty good. Most of the motu will experience average or above average temperatures, without excessive rainfall

• Access to COVID-19 antiviral medication

  Posted: Wednesday, December 7, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: disease, support
  There were 34,528 new COVID-19 cases reported in New Zealand in the week to 4th December 2022. Of these cases, 9099 or 26 percent were reinfections, or people contracting COVID-19 for the second, third (or more) time

• Protect yourself against Legionnaires’ Disease this spring

  Posted: Wednesday, September 28, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: public health, gardens, safety, disease
  Te Mana Ora | Community and Public Health media release: 27th September 2022 Spring is the perfect time to be out in the garden

• Kiwis urged to ‘Stick it to hep C'

  Posted: Thursday, July 28, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: prevention, disease, campaign, intervention
  Beehive media release: 28th July 2022 Today Associate Health Minister Dr Ayesha Verrall is launching a national hepatitis C awareness campaign to mark World Hepatitis Day

• Outpatient appointments postponed to free up staff for acute care

  Posted: Thursday, July 14, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: health, services, disease, care, immunisation, vaccination
  Te Whatu Ora Waitaha Canterbury media release: 14th July 2022 New measures to alleviate the pressure on health services in Waitaha are being put in place, says Interim District Director - Te Whatu Ora Waitaha Canterbury Dr Peter Bramley

• Multiple winter illnesses placing pressure on health system

  Posted: Wednesday, June 8, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: disease, vaccination, immunisation, health, services, care
  Canterbury District Health Board media release: 7th June 2022 Canterbury has now recorded more than 155,000 cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began - with almost 1000 new cases recorded today

• New mask exemption card to remove uncertainty

  Posted: Wednesday, April 27, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: identity, disease, prevention
  Beehive media release: 27th April 2022 People who have genuine reasons for not being able to wear a face mask can access a new personalised exemption card from the end of May, Minister for COVID-19 Response Chris Hipkins and Minister for Disability Issues

• More COVID medicines for most at-risk New Zealanders

  Posted: Thursday, March 31, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: disease, medical
  Beehive media release: 31st March 2022 New Zealand is boosting its comprehensive suite of medicines to treat COVID-19 with the arrival in the country of one medication, Paxlovid, and the securing of access to the country’s first pre-exposure prophylactic

• New COVID-19 testing centre to open in Rangiora

  Posted: Wednesday, March 2, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: disease
  Canterbury DHB media release: 1st March 2022 An additional drive-through COVID-19 testing site will be set up at Waimakariri Hockey Turf (291 Coldstream Road) in Rangiora

• Cantabrians urged to make bookings to get their boosters

  Posted: Wednesday, February 23, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: disease, vaccination, immunisation
  Canterbury DHB media release: 21st February 2022 Cantabrians are being urged to make bookings to get their boosters as soon as they become eligible, says Tracey Maisey, Incident Controller, Canterbury DHB Emergency Coordination Centre

• New COVID-19 testing centre opens in Wigram

  Posted: Wednesday, February 23, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: disease
  Canterbury DHB media release: 21st February 2022 An additional drive-through COVID-19 testing site has been set up in Wigram to help meet high public demand for testing

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