News and Updates - Immunisation

Immunisation
News and Updates

November
13 Nov: Fax to GPs - Update on measles and pertusis

September 2009
7 Sept: Fax to GPs, Practice Nurses and Health Professionals regarding measles - 'Active recall of all unimmunised people under 20 years' (PDF, 31 KB)

August 2009
20 Aug: National Immunisation Register unavailable 21-24 August (Word, 34 KB)
The National Immunisation Register (NIR) will be unavailable from 3pm Friday 21 August until 7am Monday 24 August. You can get status query information on individuals over the weekend by calling Rachel Guthrie on 021 451 335.

Any message submitted from your practice system to the NIR during this time will be held and processed after it has been brought back on line again.

7 Aug: Images of the measles rash

July 2009
20 July: Media release - Reminder to get immunised

6 July: Media release - Measles outbreak prompts vaccination push (links to beehive.govt.nz website)

30 July: Information sent to GPs in July about seasonal influenza vaccine, pandemic vaccine, measles and pertussis

June 2009
24 Jun: Immunisation eLearning website launched
A unique website designed to help midwives, undergraduate nurses and childbirth educators to quickly and easily find useful information and resources about immunisation in New Zealand.

March 2009
5 Mar: February update for Health professionals (PDF, 29 KB)

September 2008
1 Sep: 50,000 women to benefit from cancer prevention initiative - beehive.govt.nz
From today more than 50,000 young New Zealand women can access a free cervical cancer vaccine with the launch of the first stage of the HPV (human papillomavirus) Immunisation Programme, Associate Health Minister Steve Chadwick said today.

August 2008
29 Aug: Cervical Cancer Vaccine (HPV) campaign resources now available

6 Aug: HPV Immunisation Programme - National Implementation Strategic Overview
This document is for organisations involved in planning, implementing or delivering the HPV immunisation programme. It is also suitable for health professionals discussing HPV vaccine with parents, whānau and girls or young women.

5 Aug: HPV Immunisation Programme - Letter to primary care providers
The latest letter to primary care providers on the HPV Immunisation Programme is now available on the HPV Programme page.

4 Aug: HPV Immunisation Programme - the facts
The countdown is on to the start of the HPV (Human papillomavirus) Immunisation Programme, which aims to prevent HPV infection and reduce the number of women in New Zealand who develop cervical cancer.

June 2008
13 June: Measles outbreak underscores importance of immunisation
A measles outbreak at a Canterbury preschool is a reminder about the importance of immunisation.

May 2008
29 May: Free vaccine protects against pneumococcal disease
From June 2008, the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine will be offered to babies. Four doses of vaccine are given at 6 weeks, 3 months, 5 months and 15 months of age. For more information, see also Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine - Questions and answers.

16 May: 2008 National Immunisation Schedule Health Provider Booklet
This Health Provider Booklet is aimed at providers of immunisation services. The Booklet contains information on the 2008 National Immunisation Schedule, effective from June 2008. The Booklet should be used in conjunction with the Immunisation Handbook 2006.

2 May: Human Papillovirus (HPV) Immunisation Programme
New Zealand’s HPV Immunisation Programme will start in September 2008, and will be initially offered to older girls born in 1990 and 1991 who are not at school.

2 May: National Immunisation Schedule - letter to health care providers on the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine (PDF, 38 KB)
Information on the addition of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to the National Immunisation Programme and the HPV Immunisation Programme for girls age 12-18 years.

March 2008
3 Mar: National Immunisation Schedule - letter to health care providers on the Infanrix-hexa vaccine (PDF, 46 KB)
Information on the introduction of the Infanrix-hexa (diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis-inactivated polio-hepatitis B and Hib) vaccine to be introduced from March 2008.

January 2008
10 Jan: National Immunisation Schedule - letter to health care providers on the dTap and Infanrix-Hexa vaccines (PDF, 45 KB)
Update on changes to the National Immunisation Schedule from January to March 2008 containing information about the introduction of dTap (Boostrix) vaccine from January 2008 and early introduction of DTaP-IPV-HepB/Hib (Infanrix-Hexa) vaccine.

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