Vaccination

The proportion of COVID-19 vaccinations given by community pharmacies has rocketed ahead of other providers. Pharmacies are also now the second biggest providers of flu jabs. Jonathan Chilton-Towle reports

From the return of the prescription fee to childhood jabs getting the green light in community pharmacies, 2024 was a massive year for pharmacy. Jonathan Chilton-Towle looks back on the year that was

Pharmacists are neck-and-neck with GPs when it comes to the number of influenza vaccinations administered this year.  

With over $150 million spent on HPV-related cancers in three years, improving HPV vaccination rates would cut costs and save lives, write Amelia Jenkinson, Cathy Stephenson and Swee Tan 

Te Whatu Ora is calling for pregnant people, children and other high-risk groups to get vaccinated against pertussis, saying New Zealand is on the cusp of an outbreak

Vaccinating pregnant mothers against pertussis is a “key measure” in minimising the impact of the respiratory disease, says epidemiologist Michael Baker  

Plunket nurses, pharmacists and staff in other, unspecified new roles are to play a significant role in boosting immunisation rates, says health minister Shane Reti  

Jonathan Chilton-Towle speaks to the first pharmacist to complete the new vaccinator update whole-of-life course, which enables her to immunise infants

THE NATIONAL PUBLIC Health Service is continuing to monitor pertussis numbers following the release of Environmental Science and Research data showing 224 notified cases recorded since the start of the year.