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Scientists to study Auckland?s flu immunisation campaign
March 13, 2012Health, Latest Headlines, PressRelease0 comments
Press Release ? National Influenza Specialist Group
New Zealand?s national free influenza immunisation campaign was officially launched in Wellington today by the National Influenza Specialist Group. The campaign this year to protect New Zealand?s at-risk population from this serious illness may, however, also have a global impact.
This is the first year of a major international five-year flu study being funded by the US Government?s Centre for Disease Control (CDC) and conducted by New Zealand scientists in the Auckland region.
The ?SHIVERS? (Southern Hemisphere Influenza and Vaccine Effectiveness Research and Surveillance) project aims to help improve international knowledge prevention and treatment of flu by looking at what proportion of the population gets flu each year, which groups are hardest hit, how often flu is the underlying cause of death, and how effective flu vaccines are among certain groups of the population...
Scientists to study Auckland?s flu immunisation campaign
March 13, 2012Health, Latest Headlines, PressRelease0 comments
Press Release ? National Influenza Specialist Group
New Zealand?s national free influenza immunisation campaign was officially launched in Wellington today by the National Influenza Specialist Group. The campaign this year to protect New Zealand?s at-risk population from this serious illness may, however, also have a global impact.
This is the first year of a major international five-year flu study being funded by the US Government?s Centre for Disease Control (CDC) and conducted by New Zealand scientists in the Auckland region.
The ?SHIVERS? (Southern Hemisphere Influenza and Vaccine Effectiveness Research and Surveillance) project aims to help improve international knowledge prevention and treatment of flu by looking at what proportion of the population gets flu each year, which groups are hardest hit, how often flu is the underlying cause of death, and how effective flu vaccines are among certain groups of the population...