Press Release – Te Runanga a Iwi o Ngapuhi

Karere Pāpāho/Media Release
Friday 21 December 2018
Historic Hui Aligns Healthcare for Māori Across Northern DHBS

Iwi from across the upper North Island have come together in an historic health-sector first, paving the way for a unified approach to the delivery of healthcare to Māori. Read more »

Press Release – CureKids

18 December 2018
Kiwis’ support for Red Nose Day enables life-changing child health research

Press Release – Porter Novelli

New Treatment Available to New Zealanders Seeking a Viral Cure* for Hepatitis C1

• MAVIRET® (glecaprevir/pibrentasvir) is a new once-daily treatment for adults with any genotype of chronic hepatitis C 2.
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• Approximately 50,000 New Zealanders living with hepatitis C are at risk of liver cancer and cirrhosis3. Read more »

Press Release – VSA Hospital

A potentially fatal condition that affects pets throughout the world has been treated for the first time in New Zealand through an incision no bigger than a needle prick, thanks to the efforts and research of Veterinary Specialists Auckland. Read more »

Press Release – MidCentral District Health Board

Meningococcal disease case confirmed as MenW strain

Tests have confirmed that the patient admitted to Palmerston North Hospital this week with meningococcal disease has contracted the MenW strain. Read more »

Press Release – Health Informatics

Ministry restructure heads up top 10 most-read stories of 2018

Date: 5 December 2018

News of the creation of a Data and Digital directorate at the Ministry of Health was the top-read story on eHealthNews.nz in 2018. Read more »

Press Release – Auckland Regional Public Health Service

Auckland Regional Public Health Service (ARPHS) has been notified of a new case of measles and is asking people who may have come in contact with that person to watch out for symptoms. Read more »

Press Release – eHealthNews.nz

3 December 2018

Seventeen of New Zealand’s district health boards are hosting some of their clinical and non-clinical data offsite using cloud services. Read more »

Press Release – Triple P

Auckland-based parenting expert, Jackie Riach, has welcomed recognition in He Ara Oranga that early childhood and parenting support services provide a critical window to improve children’s and adult mental health. Read more »

Press Release – ProCare Health

ProCare, New Zealand’s largest Primary Health Organisation (PHO), responsible for the health of more than 800,000 New Zealanders, Read more »

Press Release – ANZCA

Specialist Pain Medicine Physicians have welcomed the Mental Health and Addiction inquiry report as a stepping stone to addressing causes of, and finding better solutions to the mental health crisis facing this country. Read more »

Press Release – Pharmaco

4th December 2018

Auckland, 4th December 2018 – The Australian subsidiary of healthcare specialist Pharmaco (NZ) Limited has extended its range of blood glucose meters and test strips to include two new subsidised listings on the National Diabetes Service Scheme (NDSS) product schedule. Read more »

Press Release – University of Auckland

New Zealand rated globally for children’s activity levels

New Zealand children and young people between the ages of five and 18 have low levels of physical activity and high levels of screen time, compared with their peers in 49 countries worldwide.
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Press Release – Nelson Marlborough Health

2018 Health Innovation Awards: Celebrating the people who make our healthcare system more skilled, more compassionate and more equitable
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Press Release – Massey University

Honorary doctorate a double celebration for Sir Mason

On the brink of his 80th birthday and after an honours-studded career, Emeritus Professor Sir Mason Durie will receive a further accolade when he is bestowed with an honorary doctorate by Massey University. Read more »

Press Release – eHealthNews.nz

HiNZ presentations cover interesting array of topics

Date: 23 November 2018

Digital transformation

Healthcare Holdings head of digital health Lloyd McCann told HiNZ 2018 attendees that the single biggest driver for change in the health systems is patients, who are becoming more powerful because of their access to information via the Internet. Read more »

Press Release – AIDS Foundation

Wednesday 28 November 2018

A 2018 survey shows there are still a lot of misconceptions around HIV that are contributing harmful stigma for people living with HIV (PLHIV). Read more »

Press Release – Make Lemonade

New Zealand is seeing a significant growth in Maori fitness and personal training leaders, ExerciseNZ chief executive Richard Beddie says. Read more »

Press Release – Auckland University of Technology

Global study reveals New Zealand has world’s highest mortality rate from motor neuron disease

New data on neurological disorders from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study shows that New Zealand now has the world’s highest rate of mortality from motor neuron disease, at 2.2 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants – just ahead of Australia and the United Kingdom. Read more »

Press Release – Diabetes New Zealand

Thousands of Kiwi kids with diabetes missing out on life-changing technology

Diabetes New Zealand is calling on the government to fund continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) for people with type 1 diabetes. Read more »