by juliet | Mar 3, 2022 | From the OPMCSA
The Kotahitanga report on infectious disease and antimicrobial resistance is out! Our newly released report, Kotahitanga: Uniting Aotearoa against infectious disease and antimicrobial resistance, details the infectious disease and antimicrobial resistance challenges...
by Emily | Feb 14, 2022 | From the OPMCSA
Don’t worry, it’s not just you. With global temperatures up 1.1°C compared to pre-industrial levels, it’s getting noticeably warmer throughout the world. Aotearoa New Zealand is no exception. This summer has been hotter than usual. In 2021 – our warmest year on record...
by Emily | Jan 21, 2022 | From the OPMCSA
The end of 2021 brought a flurry of activity on climate change. We had COP26, New Zealand’s international emissions reduction promise, a consultation on our national emissions reduction plan, and a commitment to provide more climate aid to developing countries. With...
by Celia | Dec 17, 2021 | From the OPMCSA, Internships
Kia ora koutou Amidst the noise and haste of supporting the COVID response and delivering our infectious disease and AMR project (more on this in the New Year), we have had a busy and exciting year behind the scenes with our interns and fellows – 13 projects across...
by EllenR | Nov 19, 2021 | Antimicrobial resistance, From the OPMCSA
Our office has produced an evidence synthesis on rheumatic fever as part of our major project on infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance and to help inform the Ministry of Health’s rheumatic fever workstream. This report aims to summarise what we know...
by EllenR | Oct 28, 2021 | From the OPMCSA
In anticipation of COP26, chief science advisors from around the world lay out a vision for limiting global warming to below 2°C, writes senior advisor George Slim. Read the statement by International Senior Scientific Advisors ahead of COP26 (PDF, 394KB) Next week,...
