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  • Yellow Fever

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    About yellow fever Yellow fever is an acute viral haemorrhagic disease transmitted by infected mosquitoes. It is found in tropical areas of Africa and Central and South America. Infection with the yellow fever virus causes varying degrees of disease, from mild symptoms to severe illness with bleeding and jaundice. There are an estimated 200,000 cases of yellow fever worldwide each year. About 15% of people infected with yellow fever develop a more severe form of the illness, and of those, up to half will die. Survival rates are improved with supportive hospital care, however there is no specif

  • Procurement

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    Important update for Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora suppliers To align with National Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora purchasing processes, from  1 September 2025  suppliers: Must be issued with an approved Health New Zealand purchase order before the supply of any goods and/or services. Are required to quote the purchase order number when submitting an invoice. Please be aware that any invoices that do not include a current purchase order number may be returned and not processed from  1 September 2025 . If your invoice is returned, you will need to resend the invoice with t

  • Information for Health Providers

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    Best practice guidance for health providers using the NHI Health providers listed in Schedule 2 of the Health Information Privacy Code are allowed to access the information in the NHI. All authorised providers must comply with the provisions of the Privacy Act and Health Information Privacy Code when accessing and updating information in the NHI. The Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora assigns appropriate permissions, monitors and audits the actions of health provider use of the NHI. Some health providers have limited access to just view information; others are able to update information on the

  • Project Whakatupuranga – Nelson Hospital Redevelopment

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    Latest updates Find out what's happening with the project. Expand all March 2025 March 2025 L-R: Martin Keogh (Deputy CE, Te Waipounamu), Liz Thompson (Project Director, Project Whakatupuranga), Hon. Simeon Brown (Minister of Health), Sandy McLean-Cooper (Director of Nursing & Midwifery), Jeremy Holmon (Chief Infrastructure & Investment Officer) Health Minister Simeon Brown visited Nelson Hospital to see firsthand the hard work of our frontline staff and explore ways to improve access to timely, quality healthcare for patients in the region. He also viewed the progress o

  • How to contact us

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    General enquiries Email customerservice@health.govt.nz Phone Freephone 0800 855 066 The Contact Centre is available for calls from Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm, except Wednesday when the hours are 9.30am to 5.00pm. Mailing address Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora PO Box 793 Wellington 6140 New Zealand NZ Relay assistance If you are deaf, hard of hearing, deafblind, or speech impaired, you can use the free NZ Relay telecommunications assistance service to phone any numbers on this website. New Zealand Relay (external link) Media enquiries For media enquiries, email   hnzmedia@tewhatuora.g

  • Anthrax

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    Chapter last reviewed and updated in May 2012. Epidemiology Expand all New Zealand epidemiology New Zealand epidemiology The last case of human anthrax in New Zealand was reported in 1940, and the last recorded outbreak among domestic livestock was in 1954. Human anthrax disease in New Zealand may occur in a traveller or through contact with illegally imported and contaminated animal products such as wool, hides, leather or bone. Case definition Expand all Clinical description Clinical description Anthrax is an illness with acute onset characterised by several distinct clinical forms including

  • Clinical

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    Determining risk score Clinical criticality of care The types of clinical information and data you want to access will have varying levels of clinical risks. This is determined by how critical this data is to make clinical decisions in a clinical setting. Criticality of API data Data type Example 1 Publicly available information Information aiding health care delivery eg. HPI ID, practitioner ID, death notification, entitlement, financial information, address 2 Lower risk personal and clinical information eg. Immunisation record, planned events 3 Significant clinical information eg. Diagnosis,

  • Where can I find health information?

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    Data sources Expand all Burden of Diseases, Injuries and Risk Factors Study Burden of Diseases, Injuries and Risk Factors Study What is this? The New Zealand Burden of Diseases, Injuries and Risk Factors Study analyses health losses sustained by New Zealanders of all ages, both sexes and both major ethnic groups. What can I find here? Information based on data from the NZBD includes: causes of health loss the relative impact of different diseases, injuries and risk factors health expectancy. Who owns the data? Ministry of Health Where can I find this? Longer, Healthier Lives: New Zealand’s H

  • Family violence questions and answers

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    Why is family violence a health problem?   Family violence is common. For information and articles pertaining to family violence including prevalence and health effects see   New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse (external link) . Why should child and partner abuse intervention be linked?   Studies show a high co-occurrence of child and partner abuse – (Murphy et al 2013). The   Family Violence Assessment and Intervention Guideline: Child abuse and intimate partner violence (external link)   (Ministry of Health 2016) identifies that the frequent co-occurrenc

  • Education centres — Waikato

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    ... and of interest to clinicians twice-monthly evening CME seminars for GPs and hospital medical staff Acute Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) courses for GPs and registered nurses. A record of session attendances is kept and WPGMI administration keeps track of CME / MOPs (maintenance of professional standards) for members. Certificates are issued on request detailing the credits earned and list of seminars(s) attended. For GP members, CME/MOPs credits are also recorded directly on-line to the Royal NZ College of GPs (for those who are members of RNZCGP). Contact Waikato Postgraduate Medicine Inc. B ...