Public Health

In all the talk of health reforms over the past year, not too much has been mentioned about the Public Health Agency, which will sit as a business unit in the Ministry of Health and, along with other functions, replace the Health Promotion Agency

In all the talk of health reforms over the past year, not too much has been mentioned about the Public Health Agency, which will sit as a business unit in the Ministry of Health and, along with other functions, replace the Health Promotion Agency

Calls for rapid antigen testing to be carried out in pharmacy have fallen on deaf ears, with the Ministry of Health saying the move is unlikely to improve reporting of positive tests

Calls for rapid antigen testing to be carried out in pharmacy have fallen on deaf ears, with the Ministry of Health saying the move is unlikely to improve reporting of positive tests.

Pharmacists are putting their hands up to do more to help people get their rapid antigen tests (RATs) done properly and with more reliable results

COVID testing at Middlemore Hospital’s emergency department will indicate when the Omicron wave has peaked in south Auckland, a professor of public health says 

Consumer health website Health Navigator is rolling out a series of animated videos to help people look after themselves and others with COVID-19 

Health Navigator NZ’s  new collection of free local resources for COVID-19-positive people are aimed at simplifying difficult concepts and supporting those isolating at home 

East Coast local Tūī Warmenhoven​ fears she is in a race against time before COVID-19 wreaks havoc across the region

Today was an important day for health minister Andrew Little as he announced the introduction of legislation to Parliament outlining planned health system reforms