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Otago health research supported by lottery grants
posted by HIIRC Admin on 16 Apr 2013
University of Otago media release, 16 April 2013 University of Otago researchers have gained $1.86m in new funding from the…
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Quit smoking hospital target achieved for the first time
posted by HIIRC Admin on 1 Mar 2013
Ministry of Health news article, 27 February 2013 Health professionals now offer support and brief advice to quit to 95…
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Cost-effective interventions to help reduce early deaths from chronic NCDs
posted by HIIRC Admin on 18 Feb 2013
University of Auckland media release, 15 February 2013 Three top priority cost-effective interventions to counter non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are recommended…
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New web tool makes accessing local health information easier
posted by HIIRC Admin on 13 Dec 2012
Tony Ryall media release, 13 December 2012 Accessing health information in your region is now easier following the launch of…
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Great progress on new national health targets
posted by HIIRC Admin on 27 Nov 2012
Tony Ryall media release, 27 November 2012 The latest national health target results, released today, show district health boards (DHBs)…
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Smoking, a killer target achieved (Waikato DHB)
posted by HIIRC Admin on 27 Nov 2012
Waikato DHB media release, 27 November 2012 Waikato District Health Board has achieved a health target which chief executive Craig…
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Global monitoring framework on noncommunicable diseases agreed by WHO member states
posted by HIIRC Admin on 12 Nov 2012
World Health Organization media release, 9 November 2012 The first-ever global monitoring framework to combat several of the world’s biggest…
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Next steps in tobacco control
posted by HIIRC Admin on 18 Jul 2012
Ministry of Health news story, 17 July 2012 Tobacco products will disappear out of sight in retail outlets this month…
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Canterbury health system achieving health targets but faces ongoing quake-related challenges
posted by Research Admin on 29 Feb 2012
The Canterbury Health System has regained pre-quake levels in some of its health targets and achieved or even surpassed others…
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Bay of Plenty District Health Board health target results
posted by Research Admin on 29 Feb 2012
Bay of Plenty DHB Chief Executive Officer, Phil Cammish is pleased to note the DHB's continued improvements in the Increased…
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Excellent result for West Coast meeting health targets
posted by Research Admin on 29 Feb 2012
West Coast DHB performance against Government health targets for Quarter 2 of the 2011/12 year is very pleasing says Chief…
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More patients getting key health services
posted by Research Admin on 28 Feb 2012
The latest quarterly results for the six National Health Targets show record improvements. "District Health Boards are focusing even more…
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Study supports smokefree interventions in emergency care
posted by Research Admin on 23 Feb 2012
Nearly 80 percent of patients who recalled receiving smoking intervention while attending Middlemore Hospital's emergency department (ED) went on to…
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Much good news in smoking rates among 'role model' occupational groups
posted by Research Admin on 23 Feb 2012
Smoking rates have declined rapidly, often to very low levels, among many potentially influential occupational groups over the last 25…
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Hawke’s Bay’s focus on immunisation tops health target
posted by Research Admin on 1 Dec 2011
Press Release: Hawke's Bay District Health Board, 1 December 2011 Hawke’s Bay District Health Board continues to lead the way…
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West Coast meeting national health targets
posted by Research Admin on 1 Dec 2011
Press Release: West Coast District Health, 1 December 2011 Overall the first quarter heath results (2011/12) for the West Coast…
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Boost in national preventive health targets
posted by Research Admin on 29 Nov 2011
Press Release: Tony Ryall, 29 November 2011 The latest quarterly results for the six National Health Targets have been published.…
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Health Target performance still strong despite a shaken year
posted by Research Admin on 29 Nov 2011
Press Release: Canterbury DHB, 29 November 2011 The Canterbury Health System has made strong progress against the Health Targets in…
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Outstanding success again in immunisation health target
posted by Research Admin on 26 May 2011
Thursday, 26 May 2011, 11:00 am Press Release: Hawke's Bay District Health Board With only one quarter remaining, following the…
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Q3 Health Targets - cancer patients seen faster
posted by Research Admin on 25 May 2011
Tony Ryall - Press Release, 25 May, 2011 The latest results of the Government's Health Targets show 99 per cent…