The Covid winter campaign recently commenced with direct communications sent to eligible people aged 65 and over, to encourage them to have an additional dose if it’s been 6 months since they had their last Covid vaccine.
During April, direct communications will continue to Māori and Pacific people aged 50-64 and newly eligible people aged 65 and over. For people who have recently received a Covid vaccine, we will contact them 6 months after their last vaccination date.
Direct communications form the start of a broader national advertising campaign running from late April to September, with a focus on Māori and Pacific people aged 50 and over, and everyone aged 65 and over.
A new Covid poster in both English and Te Reo Māori is now available on Dropbox – Covid poster.
This week we held a webinar on Childhood Immunisations in pharmacy. Thank you to those who attended. The webinar provided an overview of the free training programme Extending Vaccinator Skills (Whole-of-Life) to support pharmacist vaccinators wishing to upskill to authorised vaccinators, as well information about onboarding.
If you weren’t able to join us at the webinar, the slide deck and the recording is available in Dropbox: Childhood immunisations in pharmacy.
The webinar follows a decision that was made last month to allow pharmacies to offer childhood immunisations as another option for whānau to access free vaccines in their communities.
The webinar follows a decision that was made last month to allow pharmacies to offer childhood immunisations as another option for whānau to access free vaccines in their communities.
We warmly invite you to the next hui in our flu webinar series on immunisations for pēpi and tamariki.
Please copy and paste the following details into your diaries if you are attending:
Webinar: Flu immunisation: focussing on supporting increased uptake amongst pēpi and tamariki
As with our earlier two flu webinars, the aim of this hui is to support kaimahi across the sector with a dedicated discussion session for this priority group as we work together to drive early vaccination by increasing awareness and building on community outreach efforts. The hui is open to all kaimahi – vaccinators, hauora providers, administrators, kaiāwhina and clinicians.
Please share this invitation with anyone who may be interested in attending and note the dates for the remaining hui below.
If you missed our previous two flu webinars, they are available here Dropbox: Flu 2024 webinar series.
Tuesday, 7 May 12.15 – 1.15pm – Mental Health and Addiction Join the meeting
Tuesday, 21 May 12.15 – 1.15pm – 65 and over Join the meeting
A suite of Te Reo Māori and Pacific language A3 posters and A5 Flyers are now available as part of the wider Flu 2024 campaign collateral. The Pacific materials relate specifically to the wider Shoo The Flu Pacific campaign and are available in Samoan, Tongan, Cook Islands Māori, and Niuean. All items are available on Dropbox to download and print, or pre-printed copies can be ordered on the Bluestar portal. Details of Dropbox and Bluestar are found at the end of this pānui. We encourage you to share this information to your colleagues or contacts and encourage you to use these posters along with our other flu collateral available in the above Dropbox link.
The new Health New Zealand – Te Whatu Ora website info.health.nz website has been updated to include translations in five key languages including Te Reo Māori, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional) Hindi, and Japanese. It is also available in New Zealand Sign Language.
Don’t forget all our immunisation collateral is available on Dropbox for health care providers to use when promoting vaccinations. Our Dropbox is currently experiencing overwhelming traffic. Due to this, you may not be able to access collateral like you normally have done before. If you are after Consent Forms and Fact Sheets for Influenza and Covid and can’t access Dropbox, please use the HealthEd links mentioned above.
Dropbox – National Immunisation Programme – vaccine resources.
Immunisation resources are also available from HealthEd. We have added some of our immunisation collateral to HealthEd under the vaccinations and immunisations topic. You can now download the resource PDF directly from the HealthEd website, and printed copies of some resources are available to order through Bluestar. If you don’t already have a Bluestar login account, please see below on how to sign up.
Printed copies of some resources can be ordered for free via the Bluestar portal. If you’re not already registered, you can register on the Bluestar portal. Below the login details, select ‘Need to Register?’. Complete the online registration form, include your clinic/practice/pharmacy name and your contact details. You will receive an email confirming your registration. Remember to click the button in the email to 'Activate' your registration.
We're here to help! If there is anything we can do to help with your vaccination promotion activity, or if you need any comms assistance please reach out to the team:
Health sector Comms and Engagement
Sandy.thambiah@tewhatuora.govt.nz
Māori and Pacific Comms and Engagement
Eddie.sykes@tewhatuora.govt.nz
Media issues
hnzmedia@health.govt.nz
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