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The Health Improvement and Innovation Resource Centre (HIIRC) is your source of knowledge to improve New Zealand’s health care system. Sponsored by the Ministry of Health, HIIRC has been developed to support performance and quality improvement efforts.
Important note: This site is no longer being actively maintained and is presented here as an online archive. While it still contains a wealth of useful information, visitors who want to receive the latest health information should register to receive the fortnightly email Digest. This will link you directly to articles of interest in the key areas covered by this site. You can register for the Digest here.
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- Vaccines are not associated with autism: An evidence-based meta-analysis of case-control and cohort studies
- Impact of Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib) and viral influenza vaccinations in pregnancy for improving maternal, neonatal and infant health outcomes (Cochrane review)
- Acellular pertussis vaccine effectiveness for children during the 2009–2010 pertussis epidemic in Queensland
- Effectiveness of pertussis vaccines for adolescents and adults: Case-control study (U.S.)
- Have purpose-built vaccine refrigerators reduced the cost of vaccine losses in South Australia?
