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He served as the chief executive of the Ministry of Health and the country's Director-General of Health from 2018 to 2022. He was the public-facing health specialist liaising with the media during the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand on behalf of the government, from the first press conference on 27 January 2020.
Diana Sarfati (born 1967/1968) is New Zealand's Director-General of Health and a public health physician and health services researcher. [2] She was formerly head of the Cancer Control Agency ( Te Aho o Te Kahu ) of New Zealand.
She was medical superintendent of Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, until 1987, when she was appointed chief health officer at the Ministry of Health. [4]She has served as Director General of Health at the Ministry of Health (1995 to 2006), and as chief executive officer of the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (2006 to 2020).
The Ministry of Health (Māori: Manatū Hauora) is the public service department of New Zealand responsible for healthcare in New Zealand. It came into existence in its current form in 1993. The organisation was founded in 1901 as the Department of Public Health in 1901, and was renamed to Department of Health in 1922.
Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora is the primary publicly funded healthcare system of New Zealand. ... former Director General of Health Karen Poutasi, ...
The new agency will also advise the Director-General of Health on theses issues. [ 1 ] [ 6 ] In addition, the PHA was tasked with developing a public health strategy to meet the needs of Māori and integrating mātauranga Māori (indigenous Māori knowledge) and tofa loloto ( Pasifika knowledge) into evidence-based health policy.
Amends the Health Act 1956 to establish a new Public Health Agency to provide leadership across the public health sector and to advise the Director-General of Health on matters relating to public health. [3] Replaces references to the district health boards in other legislation with Health New Zealand and the Māori Health Authority. [3]
Caroline Ann McElnay QSO (/ ˈ m æ k. ɪ l ˌ n eɪ /) is a medical officer in New Zealand. [1] She was the director of public health for the New Zealand Ministry of Health from 2016 to 2022, and chaired the Pandemic Influenza Technical Advisory Group, which advises the Ministry on matters concerning the control of the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand.