Fragmented, poorly led public health effort no match for 2019 measles outbreak, independent review finds
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Fragmented, poorly led public health effort no match for 2019 measles outbreak, independent review finds
Thursday 8 October 2020, 11:16 AM

Auckland was the epicentre of the measles outbreak last year for which the country was poorly prepared, according to a new review
Alan Perrott followed the struggles of Auckland primary health workers as measles raced through some communities last year. He picks up the story again
A review of the health sector response to the 2019 measles epidemic makes for “sobering reading” says Jim Miller, president of the New Zealand College