To ensure New Zealand has a world-class surveillance system to support a highly effective response to important infectious disease threats.
This project will review Aotearoa New Zealand’s current ID surveillance systems and assess their ability to support the prevention and control of important IDs in a timely and equitable manner. There will be a strong focus on diseases which can cause outbreaks and pandemics, and diseases that particularly affect Māori, Pacific Peoples, and those on low-incomes. The project will then carry out a ‘gap analysis’ by comparing our current surveillance capacity with what is needed to meet the needs of national agencies, local disease control practitioners and services, Māori decision makers, and communities. The end result will be a well-informed agenda for systems change to give this country the surveillance systems it needs to protect its people from current and emerging ID threats.
