Latest Ministry of Health News

World No Tobacco Day 2025 Awards – meet the winners
NSW latest special Commission of Inquiry into Healthcare Funding report
People in Gaza starving, sick and dying as aid blockade continues
Budget 2025 invests in care system and improving redress for survivors of abuse in state care
What is a blood cholesterol ratio? And what should yours be?
‘No compassion… just blame’: how weight stigma in maternity care harms larger-bodied women and their babies
GOARN marks 25 years of advancing global health emergency preparedness and response
KI-report on costs of dementia diseases to the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
ECE sector review changes begin
Gambling in Australia: how bad is the problem, who gets harmed most and where may we be heading?
Tupu Ola Moui – Pacific Health Chart Book 2025
Rural Health Roadshow to hear from rural communities
Worldwide rally for maternal and newborn health marks World Health Day 2025
Review into timely and equitable access to contraception, sterilisation and abortion health care services
Implementation of Phase Two of Mental Health Response Changes to start
Australia’s innovative new policies are designed to cut smoking rates – here are 6 ideas NZ could borrow
Heroin found in cocaine and ‘ice’, and snorting a line can be lethal
Following Discovery of Mass Grave in Gaza with Bodies of 15 Aid Workers, Human Rights Chief Warns Security Council about Heightened Risk…
Ministry of Health to look further at Waikato Hospital Event
Body worn camera trial underway at Liverpool and Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospitals
Public consultation begins on modernising health workforce regulation
Director Of Public Health Appointed
Better oral health outcomes as 400,000 New Zealanders gain access to fluoridated drinking water
Health Agencies Take Action Against Illegal Vape Sales
Western Sydney paramedics being sent to wealthier suburbs to plug gaps, leaving patients at risk
‘What voice do we have?’ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people faced unique challenges during the COVID pandemic
Bowel screening changes to save hundreds of lives
Deregulating for economic growth remains focus after year one
Humanitarian access improves quality of polio vaccination campaign in the Gaza Strip
5 years on, COVID remains NZ’s most important infectious disease – it still demands a strong response
Industrial hemp regulations to be reviewed
Australian led cancer project making an impact at its first regional training course in Malaysia
Mass polio vaccination campaign to continue in the Gaza Strip
Director-General of Health Dr Diana Sarfati stepping down
The 2022-23 Mental Health and Addiction Services Regulatory Report is available
Global convening to empower digital health transformation built on robust foundations
Japanese Study Finds Group Childcare Positively Affects Toddler Development
WEST BANK: Nearly half of all child killings since records began happened in last two years
Body worn camera trial underway at Wollongong and Shoalhaven Hospitals
24 years of life lost: people placed in state care have died earlier, more violent deaths – new study
New approach to strengthening public health information gathering
Groundbreaking Ebola vaccination trial launches today in Uganda
Online portal for COVID-19 Inquiry opens
WHO and partners enable access to candidate vaccine and treatments for outbreak of Sudan Ebola virus disease in Uganda
Communities mobilize to end Guinea-worm disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Fiji’s HIV crisis is a regional challenge that demands a regional response
Guinea eliminates human African trypanosomiasis as a public health problem
With Israeli Laws Set to Take Effect in 48 Hours, UN Palestine Refugee Agency Chief Warns Security Council of Risks to Gaza…