Publications relating to health emergency management and planning in New Zealand.
Sets out the all of government measures to be taken to prepare for and respond to an influenza pandemic.
Emergency management publications
Publications
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Published 09 December 2016This document is designed to help those involved in planning, coordinating and delivering psychosocial interventions and mental health treatments in an emergency. It is for all agencies, service providers and community groups involved in planning, coordinating and delivering psychosocial support. -
Published 18 December 2015Advice for emergency management staff on planning for and responding to infant feeding needs in an emergency. This includes the Guide for DHB Emergency Management Staff and the Roles and Responsibilities document. -
Published 15 October 2015The National Health Emergency Plan provides the health and disability sector’s strategic framework for emergency management and describes roles and responsibilities across the ‘4R’s of risk reduction, readiness, response and recovery. -
Published 11 September 2014This plan sets out the response in New Zealand to a potential first case of imported wild-virus polio. -
Published 28 January 2014These guidelines help to minimise the public health risk from major fires. The focus is on industrial fires, but some of the content is also relevant to large scrub or forest fires. -
National Health Emergency Plan: National Reserve Supplies Management and Usage Policies, 3rd editionPublished 05 December 2013This document describes policy for the management and use of national reserve supplies, and details the principal responsibilities of the Ministry and district health boards in managing and using these significant national resources. -
Published 05 December 2013This document provides some details about New Zealand’s H5N1 pre-pandemic vaccine supplies, and outlines policies for the use of the vaccine. -
Published 16 July 2012This manual describes the mission, function, recruitment processes and operating procedures for a medical assistance team to provide health support for a geographic area where health services have been overwhelmed by a disaster, either in New Zealand or the south-west Pacific. -
Published 02 September 2011The National Health Emergency Plan: Mass Casualty Action Plan provides strategic direction and co-ordination to the health sector in the event of an incident resulting in a large number of casualties.