An overview of the public health system performance and the current state of health in New Zealand. Purpose of this report The Health and Independence Report gives an overview of the public health system performance and the current state of health in New Zealand. The report fulfils the responsibility of the Director-General of Health under...

Obesity is a risk factor for diabetes, cardiovascular disease, musculoskeletal disorders, and some cancers. Introduction It is estimated that 1.1 million adults are obese in New Zealand (that is, they have a BMI or Body Mass Index of 30 or more). Obesity in New Zealand places a considerable strain on the health care system: a...

This working paper uses linked data from Western Australia and New South Wales to assess the likelihood that a patient who is hospitalised with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) will have ESKD recorded on their death record, in order to establish whether mortality records in Australia reflect the actual disease pattern of people with ESKD. Summary...

Presents up-to-date information on coeliac disease, with recommendations on whom to test and how to test them, and how to manage patients once they are diagnosed.

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...