Vaccination

The number of influenza vaccines delivered in pharmacies has shot up since 2016 with more than 75,000 distributed to pharmacies so far this year

Vaccinators are asked to limit their influenza shots to only those eligible for publicly funded injections  

More than one million doses of seasonal influenza vaccine have now been distributed and The Ministry of Health is encouraging even more New Zealanders to get vaccinated.

Vaccinating pharmacists in Canterbury keen to extend their flu jab programme to alleviate pressure on GPs have been told “thanks, but no thanks”

Canterbury pharmacists are being told to stay across public health messages on the measles outbreak with the number of cases set to climb due to highly infectious nature of the virus

Social media claims that children have been immunised against meningococcal W without consent have been dismissed by Northland DHB as incorrect and harmful 

Pharmacists in Northland have vaccinated nearly 300 patients as part of the region-wide meningococcal W vaccination campaign

Immunisation Advisory Centre director and Porirua GP Nikki Turner considers the staunch approach taken in Australia to vaccination

A nurse has apologised after accidentally giving a 12-year-old patient Boostrix instead of Gardasil  

Pharmacists are being urged to check whether their patients are up-to-date with their immunisations to help eradicate diseases and save lives