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| Family Planning is urging New Zealand women to make a life-saving
New Year’s resolution in 2008 – to have a cervical smear
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| An international passenger arriving in Auckland aboard flight Air New Zealand, NZ734 from Brisbane on 28 November 2007 has been diagnosed with English measles (morbilli).
The Auckland Regional Public Health Service (ARPHS) advises anyone travelling on flight NZ734 and who has symptoms suggestive of measles should immediately seek advice from a doctor (call ahead to alert your doctor about the possibility of measles before visiting to allow them to make arrangements to assess you safely and without infecting others), avoid contact with young children and also alert their local public health service. | | » read the full story |
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| A call by the Prime Minister for the Ministry of Health to investigate fast-tracking the introduction of the vaccine against cervical cancer has been welcomed by the Family Planning Association which has been advocating for the introduction of the vaccine. | | » read the full story |
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| Mumps has recently been diagnosed in four Waikato University students. Three of the students are associated with an on-campus hall of residence which houses about 300 students. | | » read the full story |
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| WE'RE STILL HERE campaign is a declaration by the world's polio survivors during the week of October 14 - 20. Not only do we still exist but we are a vital participating force in communities and families. | | » read the full story |
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| The National Immunisation Conference is set to take place on the 14th and 15 of September at Te Papa Museum in Wellington.
This conference is a chance for leading immunisation experts from around the world to discuss not only immunisation’s past but also its future. Presently New Zealand’s immunisation rates are lower than many other developed countries. This conference is going to address the possible reasons for this. | | » read the full story |
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| The Immunisation Advisory Centre is very pleased the important vaccine against pneumococcal disease is finally to be included in New Zealand’s free childhood vaccines. However, we are disappointed that no additional funding has been made available for other vaccines which were under consideration, notably the Human Papilloma Virus (Cervical Cancer) vaccine and the Varicella (Chickenpox) vaccine.
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| Doctors say it is a tragedy that the Government is not funding the new cervical cancer vaccine – arguably the most effective vaccine developed in recent years – in this year’s Budget. | | » read the full story |
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| The Minster of Health,Pete Hodgson announced today, "All babies born in New Zealand from January 1 next year will be eligible to receive the vaccine at six weeks, three months, five months and 15 months through their GP or Primary Health Organisation." | | » read the full story |
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| Latest data from the National Immunisation Register (NIR) shows 80% of New Zealand babies are fully immunised at 12 months of age.
It is the first time that immunisation coverage data from the NIR has been published. There are now more than 100,000 Kiwi children on the Register. | | » read the full story |
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| A frightening range of diseases that hospitalise hundreds of New Zealand children each year can be prevented by a simple vaccination. The World Health Organisation (WHO) is recommending that the pneumococcal vaccine is introduced into developing countries
Pneumococcal vaccine (PCV-7) was added to the routine childhood immunisation programmes in USA in 2000, Australia in 2001 and in the UK in 2006. New Zealand’s rate of this disease means that we should also introduce the vaccine.
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