Committee

Organisation

Members

National Antenatal HIV Screening Implementation Advisory Group (NAHSIAG)

National Screening unit

Sally Roberts (Chair)
Sarah Metcalf (Lab algorithm group)
Susan Taylor (Lab algorithm group)
Graham Mills

Best Practice Advocacy Centre (BPAC)

NZ Assoc. of Pathology Practices

Rosemary Ikram

Australasian Society of HIV Medicine (ASHM)

Tim Blackmore

AIDS Medical and Technical Advisory Committee (AMTAC)

Ministry of Health

Richard Meech (Chair)
Alan Pithie
Mark Thomas
Leslie Voss

HIV-Treatment Advisory Group

Ministry of Health

Alan Pithie

Australian National Centre for HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research – Antiretrovirals Working Party

Graham Mills

IANZ Medical Advisory Committee

Rosemary Ikram

Pharmacology and Therapeutics Advisory Committee (PTAC) – Anti-infectives Subcommittee

PHARMAC

Mark Thomas
Richard Meech

Infectious Diseases Specialist Advisory Committee
(ID-SAC)
responsible for training of ID Registrars in NZ

RACP

Tim Blackmore (Chair)
Sarah Metcalf
David Murdoch
Kerry Read

Joint Specialist Advisory Committee for training in Infectious Diseases & Microbiology

RACP & RCPA for Australia and NZ

Tim Blackmore NZ RACP Rep
Susan Taylor NZ RCPA Rep

Infectious Diseases Advisory Group (IDAC)
(Hasn’t met for a couple of years)

Ministry of Health

Steve Chambers (Chair)
Arthur Morris
Kerry Read
Richard Meech
Michael Baker

Pandemic Influenza Technical Advisory Group (PITAG)

Ministry of Health

Sally Roberts
Arthur Morris
Richard Meech

Antibiotic Resistance Advisory Group

Ministry of Health

David Holland (Chair)
Tim Blackmore
Stephen Chambers
Helen Heffernan
Rosemary Ikram
Susan Taylor
Lesley Voss
(Iain Loan, GP rep)
(Stephen Streat, ICU specialist)
(Julie Knight, BPAC rep)
(Chris Boland, NZFSA rep)
(Paul Chambers, NZVA rep)
(Stewart Jessamine, Medsafe)
(Alison Roberts, MoH)
(Martin Bonne, MoH)

Tuberculosis Working Group

Ministry of Health

Sally Roberts
Simon Briggs
Leslie Voss

Polio Eradication Committee

Ministry of Health

Steve Chambers (Chair)
Leslie Voss
Sue Huang
Kitty Croxson

MRSA Guideline 2002

Ministry of Health

Helen Heffernan
David Holland
Rosemary Ikram
Arthur Morris
Sally Roberts
(Alison Roberts, MoH)
(Alison Carter, RN)

Multiple-drug-resistant Organism Guidelines

David Holland (Chair)
Tim Blackmore
Dragana Drinkovic
Helen Heffernan
Rosemary Ikram
Susan Taylor
(Ruth Barratt, RN)
(Julianne Toop, RN)
(Alison Roberts, MoH)
(Martin Bonne, MoH)

Manual of Communicable Diseases
currently being rewritten

Ministry of Health

Richard Everts
Rosemary Ikram
(Alison Roberts, MoH)
(Anita Bell, MOH)
(Martin Bonne, MoH)

Immunisation Technical Working Group

Ministry of Health

Mark Thomas
David Murdoch
Tim Blackmore
Glenn Buchan
Cameron Grant
Diana Lennon
(Alison Roberts – MoH)

Australasian Society of Infectious Diseases (NZ Branch)

• NZ rep on ASID Council
• NZ trainee rep
• NZ chapter committee

ASID

Richard Everts
Paul Huggan
David Murdoch
Sally Roberts (Treasurer)
Tim Blackmore
Richard Everts (Chair)
Kerry Read (Secretary)
Graham Mills
David Holland
Simon Briggs
Paul Huggan (Trainee rep)

Sexual Health Advisory Group (SHAG)
to be formed

Ministry of Health

Richard Meech
Tim Blackmore

NZFSA Academy

Tim Blackmore
Michael Baker

Biosecurity Ministerial Advisory Committee

Ministry of Health

Virginia Hope

Management Committee for the National Centre for Biosecurity and Infectious Diseases

Virginia Hope

Interview and Approval of overseas-trained specialists for NZ registration

NZ Medical Council

Tim Blackmore

Direct Laboratory Notification Advisory group

Ministry of Health

Tim Blackmore

Susan Taylor

Pneumococcal Surveillance Advisory Group

Ministry of Health

David Murdoch (Chair)
Diana Lennon
Diana Martin
Rosemary Ikram
John Holmes
Helen Heffernan
Bruce Adlam
Alison Roberts
Martin Bonne