Waka Toa Ora plays an information conduit role by providing readily accessible information about our projects, current issues, and signatory news. This includes:
- Regular updates about Waka Toa Ora activities such as seminars;
- Weekly news posts of information submitted by signatories;
- the Healthy Christchurch website; and
- Healthy Christchurch on Facebook.
Seminar on managing Omicron in the community
Waka Toa Ora hosted a webinar in February 2022 focusing on the new online system for managing Omicron cases, with speakers from the Ministry of Health and the Canterbury Hauora Coordination Hub.
Watch an unedited recording of the Zoom webinar on managing Omicron in the community - zG79y46= is the access passcode.
Note: The recording features an auto-generated transcript - so may contain inaccuracies such as incorrect rendering of Te Reo Māori speech.
Here are the accompanying resources to this seminar:
The Canterbury Hauora Coordination Hub is a resource for health providers and GPs. Those that are receiving medical care from the hub health team will be given resources to make them aware of their access points to the hub.
Seminar on preparing for Omicron
Waka Toa Ora hosted a webinar in January 2022 on preparing for the omicron variant of COVID-19. This webinar gave an update for community organisations from Community and Public Health, covering the following questions:
- What are the likely impacts of community transmission of omicron?
- What can organisations and communities do to prepare for omicron?
- How do we ensure equitable outcomes for those most at risk?
Watch an unedited recording of the Zoom webinar on preparing for Omicron - jG=@*5W2 is the access passcode.
Note: The recording features an auto-generated transcript - so may contain inaccuracies such as incorrect rendering of Te Reo Māori speech.
Here are the accompanying resources to this seminar:
Some other useful links include: