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The New Zealand Public Health Report (NZPHR)

www.moh.govt.nz/nzphr.html

ISSN 1173-0250


The New Zealand Public Health Report (NZPHR) has been discontinued and merged into a new publication, available on the ESR website:
The New Zealand Public Health Surveillance Report.

Past copies of NZPHR are available below:

2001

Vol 8, No.7, July 2001
July2001.pdf(193 Kb)

  • Lead article: Adherence with self-administered treatment of latent tuberculosis infection in Auckland
  • Surveillance and control notes:
  • Molecular subtyping links geographically separate shigellosis outbreaks
  • Sexually transmitted infections in 2000
  • Public health abstracts:
  • California's successful introduction of smokefree bars
  • Disease eradication: could measles be next?
  • Travel health:
  • Changing approaches to malaria prophylaxis


Vol 8, No.6, June 2001
June2001.pdf(197 Kb)


Includes:
  • Rheumatic fever registers in New Zealand
  • Surveillance and control notes:
  • Outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 160 in Auckland linked to an umu function
  • Hospitalisations and fatalities from notifiable communicable diseases in 2000
  • Surveillance data
  • Public health abstracts:
  • Alcohol-based hand disinfection to reduce hospital-acquired infections
  • Raised lipid levels are a common and undertreated risk factor
  • Travel health: Rabies exposures in long term travellers



Vol 8, No.5, May 2001
May2001.pdf(321 Kb)

Includes:
  • Cigarette smoking declining in fourth form girls but not in boys
  • Surveillance and control notes
  • Surveillance data
  • Public health abstracts
  • Travel health



Vol 8, No.4, April 2001
phr042001.pdf(1269 Kb)

Includes:
  • The surveillance of agrichemical spraydrift incidents in New Zealand, 1999-2000
  • Surveillance and control notes
  • Surveillance data
  • Public health abstracts
  • Travel health


Vol 8, No.3, March 2001
phr0301.pdf(188 Kb)


Includes:
  • Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in New Zealand
  • Surveillance and control notes
  • Surveillance data
  • Public health abstracts
  • Travel health



Vol 8, No.2, February 2001
phr022001.pdf(429 Kb)

Includes:
  • Influenza surveillance and immunisation in New Zealand, 1990-1999
  • Surveillance and control notes; Surveillance data; Public health abstracts; Travel health


Vol 8, No.1, January 2001
phr012001.pdf(375 Kb)

Includes:
  • A prolonged outbreak of Tuberculosis in the North Island
  • Surveillance and control notes; Surveillance data; Public health abstracts; Travel health




2000

Vol 7, No.11/12, November/December 2000
phr11122000.pdf(364 Kb)


Includes:
  • Sexually transmitted infections at New Zealand sexual health clinics, 1999
  • Surveillance and control notes; Surveillance data; Public health abstracts; Travel health

Vol 7, No.9/10, September/October 2000
phr09102000.pdf (288 Kb)

Note: the printed version of this report contained inaccuracies in the table on page 44. This pdf contains the correct information.

Includes:
  • An outbreak of tuberculosis in an Auckland church group
  • Surveillance and control notes; Surveillance data; Public health abstracts; Travel health

Vol 7, No.7/8, July/August 2000
phr07082000.pdf(413 Kb)

Includes:
  • Unintentional house fire deaths in New Zealand - 1991-1998
  • Surveillance and control notes
  • Surveillance data
  • Public health abstracts
  • Travel health


Vol 7, No.5/6, May/June 2000
phr05062000.pdf(472 Kb)

Includes:
  • An outbreak of hepatitis A among an Auckland immigrant community
  • Surveillance and control notes
  • Surveillance data
  • Public health abstracts
  • Travel health


Vol 7, No.3/4, March/April 2000
phr030400.pdf (308 Kb)

Includes:
  • Improving Immunisation Coverage - what needs to be done?
  • Surveillance and control notes
  • Surveillance data
  • Public health abstracts
  • Travel health
Vol 7, No.1/2, January/February 2000
phr010200.pdf (258Kb)

Includes:
  • Directions for public health in New Zealand in the new millienium
  • Surveillance and control notes
  • Surveillance data
  • Public health abstracts
  • Travel health


1999

Vol 6, No.11/12, November/December 1999
phr111299.pdf(397 Kb)

Includes:
  • Exposures to ionising radiation in New Zealand
  • Surveillance and control notes
  • Surveillance data
  • Public health abstracts
  • Travel health


Vol 6, No.10, October 1999
phr1099.pdf(290 Kb)

Includes:
  • Norwalk-like viruses (NLVs): A common cause of gastroenteritis outbreaks
  • Surveillance and control notes
  • Surveillance data
  • Public health abstracts
  • Travel health


Vol 6, No.9, September 1999
phr999.pdf(356 Kb)

Includes:
  • Nutrition Trends in New Zealand
  • Surveillance and control notes
  • Surveillance data
  • Public health abstracts
  • Travel health

Vol 6, No.8, August 1999

Includes:

· The evolving meningococcal disease epidemic in New Zealand
· Surveillance and control notes
· Surveillance data
· Public health abstracts
· Travel health

Vol 6, No.7, July 1999

Includes:

· Assessing and using evidence in practice: New Zealand opportunities and resources
· Surveillance and control notes
· Surveillance data
· Public health abstracts
· Travel health

Vol 6, No.6, June 1999

Includes:

· The New Zealand Paediatric Surveillance Unit: establishment and first year of operation
· Surveillance and control notes
· Surveillance data
· Public health abstracts
· Travel health

Vol 6, No.5, May 1999

Includes:

· A case of vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis
· Surveillance and control notes
· Surveillance data
· Public health abstracts
· Travel health

Vol 6, No.4, April 1999

Includes:

· Improving the surveillence of mosquitoes with disease-vector potential in New Zealand
· Surveillance and control notes
· Surveillance data
· Public health abstracts
· Travel health

Vol 6, No.3, March 1999

Includes:

· Injecting drug users have high rates of hepatitis C, but HIV infection remains uncommon
· Surveillance and control notes
· Surveillance data
· Public health abstracts
· Travel health

Vol 6, No.2, February 1999

Includes:

· Emergence of verotoxogenic Escherichia coli (VTEC) in New Zealand
· Surveillance and control notes
· Surveillance data
· Public health abstracts
· Travel health

Vol 6, No.1, January 1999

Includes:

· HIV Subtypes in New Zealand
· Surveillance and control notes
· Surveillance data
· Public health abstracts
· Travel health


1998

Vol 5, No.11, November/ December 1998

Includes:

· Measuring deprivation and socioeconomic status: why and how?
· Surveillance and control notes
· Surveillance data
· Public health abstracts
· Travel health

Vol 5, No.10, October 1998

Includes:

· A case of Diphtheria in Auckland - implications for disease control
· Surveillance and control notes
· Surveillance data
· Public health abstracts
· Travel health

Vol 5, No.9, September 1998

Includes:

· Action to Improve the Health of New Zealanders
· Surveillance and control notes
· Surveillance data
· Public health abstracts
· Travel health



Vol 5, No.8, August 1998

Includes:

· Epidemiology and Control of the 1997 Measles Epidemic in Auckland
· Surveillance and control notes
· Surveillance data
· Public health abstracts
· Travel health

Vol 5, No. 7, July 1998
Includes:

· Immunisation coverage and risk factors for immunisation failure in Auckland and Northland
· Surveillance and control notes
· Surveillance data
· Public health abstracts
· Travel health

Vol 5, No. 6, June 1998
Includes:

· Outbreak of cryptosporidiosis linked to Hutt Valley swimming pool
· Surveillance and control notes
· Surveillance data
· Public health abstracts
· Travel health

Vol 5, No. 5, May 1998
Includes:

· An Outbreak of Foodborne Illness at an Auckland Hui
· Surveillance and control notes - Cryptosporidiosis Outbreak in Lower Hutt
· Surveillance data
· Public health abstracts
· Travel health

Vol 5, No. 4, April 1998
Includes:

· The green prescription: A novel way of increasing uptake of physical activity
· Surveillance and control notes
· Surveillance data
· Public health abstracts
· Travel health

Vol 5, No. 3, March 1998
Includes:

· Increasing asthma prevalence in New Zealand: Understanding the causes
· Surveillance and control notes
· Surveillance data
· Public health abstracts
· Travel health

Vol 5, No. 2, February 1998
Includes:

· Enforcing the law on tobacco sales to minors
· Surveillance and control notes
· Surveillance data
· Public health abstracts
· Travel health

Vol 5, No.1, January 1998
Includes:

· Controlling Chlamydia trachomatis genital infections in New Zealand
· Surveillance and control notes
· Surveillance data
· Public health abstracts
· Travel health


1997


Vol 4, No. 11/12, November/December 1997
Includes:

· Volcanic emissions and the risk to public health
· Surveillance and control notes
· Surveillance data
· Public health abstracts
· Travel health

Vol 4, No. 10, October 1997
Includes:

· Hepatitis C lookback programme highlights the value of blood donor screening
· Surveillance and control notes
· Surveillance data
· Public health abstracts

Vol 4, No. 9, September 1997
Includes:

· Sudden infant death syndrome: an important and preventable cause of death in infancy
· Surveillance and control notes
· Surveillance data
· Public health abstracts

Vol 4, No. 8, August 1997
Includes:

· Progress in the elimination of leprosy
· Outbreak of campylobacteriosis at a school camp linked to water supply
· Surveillance and control notes
· Surveillance data
· Public health abstracts
· Travel health

Vol 4, No. 7, July 1997

Vol 4, No. 6, June 1997

Vol 4, No. 5, May 1997

Vol 4, No. 4, April 1997

Vol 4, No. 3, March 1997

Vol 4, No. 2, February 1997

Vol 4, No. 1, January 1997


1996

Vol 3, No. 12, December 1996
Vol 3, No. 11, November 1996
Vol 3, No. 10, October 1996
Vol 3, No. 9, September 1996
Vol 3, No. 8, August 1996
Vol 3, No. 7, July 1996


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