Vaccination

Unichem Tuakau has helped lead the charge on lifting vaccination rates, with the south Waikato pharmacy administering 900 flu vaccines so far – nearly five times last year’s total

Pharmacies are being encouraged to contact their DHB to see how they can participate in a $40 million measles vaccination catch-up scheme announced by the Government today

The Government is stepping up the fight against measles and protecting hundreds of thousands more young adults by investing up to $40 million for a year-long measles-catch-up campaign and $23 million to fully fund and develop the National Immunisation Solution, Associate Minister of Health Julie Anne Genter announced at Mangere College today

Brendon McIntosh, executive member of Ngā Kaitiaki o Te Puna Rongoā – The Māori Pharmacists’ Association, and kaiwhakahaere at Kia Kaha Chemist, describes how he engages with kaumātua when delivering influenza jabs 

A vaccine against COVID-19 is urgently needed if we’re to stop the virus spreading and prevent potentially millions of further deaths. We’re now one step closer to that goal

The Medicines Classification Committee will tomorrow consider a proposal to reclassify the Human Papillomavirus vaccine so pharmacist vaccinators can offer it without a prescription

Figures released by the Ministry of Health show pharmacist vaccinators have massively outdone themselves in the number of vaccines they delivered to New Zealand’s vulnerable populations so far this year. 

Following the influenza vaccine “debacle”, GP leaders are calling for exclusive early-season general practice access to the vaccine for at-risk patients 

A newly ordered shipment of flu vaccine tailored for northern hemisphere use will be offered to New Zealanders not at high risk

All community pharmacists and pharmacy staff are now eligible for a funded influenza vaccination due to COVID-19.