Waikato District Health Board

Details

Name :

Waikato District Health Board

Address  :

Hockin Building
Waikato Hospital Campus
Selwyn Street
PO Box 934

Town  :

Hamilton

State  :

Waikato

Country  :

NEW ZEALAND

Post Code:

3240

Phone  :

07 839 4679

Fax  :

07 839 8799

Web URL  :


Description

Vision
Waikato DHBs vision is to improve the health independence and quality of life for the communities it serves by addressing the needs of the population and reducing health disparities
Developing new oral rotavirus vaccine

Rotavirus gastro is a lifethreatening diarrheal disease that results in the death of over half a million children under five worldwide and two million hospitalisations each year In New Zealand rotavirus is responsible for 1500 hospital admissions of children under five years of age each year The research collaboration led by the Murdoch Children... Read More

Group B Neisseria meningitidis Vaccine Shows Promise

An investigational vaccine may represent a strong lead in the fight against group B Neisseria meningitidis according to results of a phase 2 study published online in the Lancet Administered in 3 doses over the course of 6 months a new bivalent vaccine was well tolerated and induced a strong immune response against multiple strains of the poten... Read More