44460 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Associate Minister of Health

Written Question

Published date: 05 Aug 2024

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	44460 (2024)
Question asked:	22 Jul 2024
Member asking:	Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall
Portfolio:	Associate Minister of Health
Minister replying:	Hon Casey Costello
Answer received:	30 Jul 2024
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_44460_2024
Document guid:	3ca4d505-4b3a-4c87-9e25-2ccb793d2f40

44460 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Associate Minister of Health: What progress, if any, has been made in the quarter (January to March 2024) toward the objective ‘Improve the surveillance and monitoring of hepatitis C’ under ‘Focus area 4: Surveillance and monitoring’ in the National Hepatitis C Action Plan?

Hon Casey Costello: I am advised that Health New Zealand and the Public Health Agency (Ministry of Health) continued modelling to provide new estimates on the incidence and prevalence of hepatitis C infections