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Te Niwha has five Research Priority Areas, drawn from our Charter. These areas are part of ensuring our commitment to ensuring Aotearoa New Zealand's preparedness for ongoing and emerging infectious disease threats.
This strategic project is an evaluation in collaboration with iwi, hapuu, Maaori providers, Pacific providers and whaanau to understand the effectiveness of currently delivered childhood immunisation services and initiatives for Maaori and Pasifika children (birth to five-years-old) and determine ways to increase immunisation rates.
Most countries, including NZ, had pandemic plans pre-COVID-19 that focused on an Influenza Pandemic – but they were largely silent on non-Influenza virus pandemics. Future pandemic preparedness needs to more explicitly consider a range of possible pandemic agents or pandemic scenarios.