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News: tagged with "prevention"

• Help keep RSV from spreading

  Posted: Tuesday, July 13, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: prevention, disease
  A common winter virus called Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is currently spreading across New Zealand. The virus affects all age groups but is especially severe for babies/ pēpi and infants less than one year old

• ACC campaign: If you get hurt, who gets harmed?

  Posted: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: campaign, injury prevention, safety
  Have a hmmm... If you get hurt, who else gets harmed? It could be the people you care about. Whatever you’re doing, think about how safe you are, so that you can keep doing the things you love, with the people you love

• Hororātā flood protection advances

  Posted: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: disasters, emergencies, prevention, water
  Selwyn District Council media release: 16th March 2021 Flood protection works have taken a big step forward around Hororātā with two major projects coming to completion

• Hearing Care For All! Screen, Rehabilitate, Communicate

  Posted: Thursday, March 4, 2021 in: Resources and Information With tags: prevention, hearing, awareness
  New Zealand Audiological Society media release: 3rd March 2021 The New Zealand Audiological Society (NZAS) welcomes the launch of the World Health Organisation’s World Report on Hearing

• Fire permits suspended across Canterbury

  Posted: Wednesday, January 27, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: emergencies, prevention
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 26th January 2021 All fire permits for Canterbury and much of the upper South Island have been suspended

• Trial a free balance training app

  Posted: Wednesday, January 20, 2021 in: Resources and Information With tags: prevention, technology, falls
  Live with better balance and be falls free by trialling a free balance training app called Nymbl - as part of ACC's Live Stronger for Longer programme

• Fire restrictions imposed across Canterbury

  Posted: Wednesday, December 16, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: prevention, environment, safety
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 15th December 2020 A restricted fire season is being imposed across Canterbury amid concern that forecast high temperatures this week will increase the fire risk

• Catch up on your free vaccination to avoid catching measles

  Posted: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: prevention, young people, disease
  Canterbury District Health Board media release: 6th October 2020 If you’re between 15 and 30 years old and haven’t had your MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine, or you’re not sure, get your free immunisation now

• Selwyn Libraries supporting mask making

  Posted: Wednesday, August 26, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: safety, disease, prevention
  Selwyn District Council media release: 25th August 2020 The Selwyn Libraries are helping out now that people are encouraged to wear masks at COVID-19 Alert Level 2

• Waimakariri District secures $9m in shovel ready flood protection

  Posted: Wednesday, August 19, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: funding, planning, prevention, disasters, emergencies
  Waimakariri District Council media release: 18th August 2020 Waimakariri District Council today received confirmation of $9 million worth of funding to reduce the impact of flooding on urban and rural properties in Kaiapoi

• Online training on mental health and suicide available from A-OK NZ

  Posted: Thursday, June 18, 2020 in: Training With tags: Training, mental wellbeing, workshop, prevention, suicide, Courses
  A-OK.NZ offers a continuum of support skills to ensure you and your organisation, community, school, sports team, family and neighbourhood are fully equipped to be able to respond to someone who may be struggling with suicide or mental health concerns

• Stay calm and play your part to contain COVID-19

  Posted: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: prevention, disease, advice
  Canterbury District Health Board media release: 10th March 2020 New Zealanders should try not to panic about COVID-19 and instead focus on ways they can limit its spread, advised Te Papa Hauora experts at the country’s first coronavirus public meeting

• Information on the novel coronavirus from the Ministry of Health

  Posted: Thursday, February 13, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: health, prevention, information, disease, advice
  There are currently outbreaks overseas of a new disease called COVID-19 (also known as novel coronavirus). The Ministry of Health is closely monitoring the situation and following guidance from the World Health Organization

• Keep properties tidy and fire risk at bay

  Posted: Wednesday, November 20, 2019 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: prevention, safety, summer, emergencies
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 18th November 2019 Christchurch and Banks Peninsula residents are being urged to act now to protect their properties from fire even though the risk is currently low

• Dangerous Decibels: Learn about preventing hearing loss

  Posted: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: hearing, prevention, Training, young people, children
  Dangerous Decibels is a training course available to colleges, schools and kindergartens on the dangers of excess noise, the irrevocable damage to hearing it can cause, and on how to protect yourself and your hearing health

• New suicide prevention videos from the Mental Health Foundation

  Posted: Wednesday, August 21, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: young people, youth, suicide, Communication, prevention
  Kia ora. The Mental Health Foundation is pleased to introduce their newest suicide prevention video suite "Connecting through Kōrero – Kōrerohia ngā mahi whakamomori ki te hunga taiohi"

• Action plan to tackle alcohol-related harm

  Posted: Wednesday, August 15, 2018 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: planning, alcohol, harm, injury prevention, policy
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 15th August 2018 A city free from alcohol-related harm is the vision behind a new strategy launched in Christchurch

• Lifeline expands to offer text support for those in distress

  Posted: Wednesday, March 21, 2018 in: Resources and Information With tags: support, services, suicide, prevention
  Lifeline media release: 21st March 2018 Lifeline announces the launch of its free text support service – HELP (4357) as part of its suicide prevention strategy to increase access to support for people in distress