Polio
Alternative labels
Poliomyelitis
Strategy
National Polio outbreak preparedness and response framework for Aotearoa New Zealand
This strategy document provides a toolkit for how New Zealand would respond to various scenarios in which there was detection of polio, including a polio outbreak.
Report
Building capacities for inclusion: identifying the priorities of inclusion and mainstream capacity building for people with a spinal cord injury (SCI) and post-polio syndrome
People with SCI and PP experience a range of barriers from mainstream services. These can be understood as capacity gaps in the areas of knowledge, attitude, policy and, most frequently, infrastructure and resources. This report highlights the priorities for action, as well as the inter-relationship between inadequate capacity areas.
Report
National Poliomyelitis response plan for New Zealand
Sets out the response required in New Zealand to a case of probable and/or confirmed poliomyelitis (polio) caused by a wild-type poliovirus or by a vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV). Key points Poliovirus is still endemic in a number of countries. Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan have never been declared free of polio, and between January 2013 and...