COVID-19 and National Immunisation Programme research projects
Researchers from across New Zealand have received funding from the Ministry of Health to undertake research into the ongoing impacts of COVID-19 and future pandemic responses.
PagePandemics
Guidance for the health sector on pandemic planning and response.
PageCOVID-19 behavioural science research
Access research on people’s attitudes and behaviours to the COVID-19 pandemic commissioned by the Ministry of Health.
PageMeasuring Public Health Behaviours and Intentions – Wave Two
Publication date:This publication showcases the findings from quantitative research conducted to better understand the drivers of public health behaviours and attitudes during the COVID-19 pandemic and how they have changed over time.
COVID-19’s role in shaping reactions to public health advice and New Zealanders’ preferences for handling a new pandemic
Publication date:This publication showcases the findings from quantitative research done to better understand the drivers of public health behaviours and attitudes during the COVID-19 pandemic and how they have changed over time.
Severe disease invasive Group A Strep now a ‘notifiable’ disease
Publication date:Invasive group A streptococcal infection (iGAS) will become a ‘notifiable’ disease on 1 October 2024. In addition, Cabinet has now also removed COVID-19 from the list of quarantinable infectious diseases.
Measuring public health behaviours and intentions
Publication date:This publication showcases the findings from quantitative research conducted to better understand the drivers of public health behaviours and attitudes during the COVID-19 pandemic and how they have changed over time.
Managing COVID-19 in New Zealand
Last updated:About the current Strategic Framework for Managing COVID-19 in New Zealand and previous Ministry of Health COVID-19 strategies.
PageLife since the pandemic: How the COVID-19 pandemic experience has shaped public attitudes and beliefs on public health, infectious disease and vaccination
Publication date:This publication showcases the findings from qualitative research done to better understand the drivers of public health behaviours and attitudes during the COVID-19 pandemic and how they have changed over time.
New insights into New Zealanders’ changing attitudes to public health measures
Publication date:New research shows the COVID-19 pandemic has shifted New Zealanders’ attitudes to infectious diseases, with a greater willingness to protect themselves and an expectation that others will act to prevent the spread of disease.
COVID-19
Last updated:About the Ministry of Health’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and our long-term management strategy.
PageCOVID-19 Public Health Response (Point-of-care Tests) Order 2021
Last updated:The COVID-19 Public Health Response (Point-of-care Tests) Order 2021 came into force on 22 April 2021 and was revoked on 28 April 2023.
PageLong COVID Programme
Last updated:The Ministry of Health’s long COVID programme develops clinical guidance and funds research to help support people with long COVID in New Zealand.
PageClarification: Long COVID Expert Group completed its work in 2022
Publication date:The Long COVID Expert Group was established in 2022 to assess the evidence on long COVID and apply it to the Aotearoa | New Zealand context, and to oversee clinical practice guidelines produced that year.COVID-19 variants
Last updated:Information about variants of the virus that causes COVID-19, including Omicron and Delta, and how they are monitored in New Zealand.
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