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Recent contracts

Review and evaluation of programmes and systems

Hui Taumata land tenure discussion and background papers
Allen & Clarke undertook a review of available literature, and met with the Māori Land Tenure Review Working Group to discuss and refine the paper.

Multi-agency liquor enforcement research
Project management and coordination of one of three research sites for a New Zealand Police sponsored multi-agency study looking at the effectiveness of enforcement approaches on reducing alcohol related harm.

Ongoing competency of Health Protection Officers
Supporting the development and implementation of a competency assurance system for HPOs (2003-05).

Pratique processes for incoming international aircraft
A review of compliance with pratique procedures and ways of improving compliance (2003-04).

Review of the New Zealand health sector's response to SARS
A review led by BRC Marketing and Social Research to determine whether health agencies' response to the international outbreak of SARS was well managed (2003-04).

Feasibility study for the establishment of Community-based Assessment Centres
Allen & Clarke was contracted by a District Health Board to assess whether the use of community-based facilities to manage suspect and worried patients is feasible in the event of a pandemic.

Tobacco Control in the Pacific
Allen & Clarke, with funding from New Zealand Agency for International Development (NZAID), has been assisting governments in the Pacific to design and implement comprehensive tobacco control programmes, consistent with the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and international best practice (2003 - 2007 and ongoing).

Review of the National Drug Policy
A scoping exercise to identify key elements of the National Drug Policy and to address any issues arising from the completion of the Policy's first term (2003-04).

Radiation control report
Report for the Minister of Health examining possible structures for radiation control in New Zealand, including identifying risks and benefits and providing recommendations on a particular approach (2004).

NGO advice on funding proposals and advocacy
NGO advice on funding proposals and advocacy - provision of advice to non-government organisations on making funding proposals, and advocacy.

Review of Notifiable Diseases and Conditions
Review (for the Ministry of Health) of legislative and operational practices relating to the notification of infectious diseases, and a review of the current schedules of notifiable diseases under the Health Act 1956. This included the development of a discussion paper and the implementation of a national consultation exercise (2002 - 2003).

Service delivery improvement advice
Advice to a government department on the merger of two operational sections of that agency, and means of improving delivery of services to the sector (2003).

Review of preparedness for chemical- and bio-terrorism
Advice for the Ministry of Health on strategies to prepare for incidences of biological or chemical terrorism events.

International tobacco control projects
A number of regional and international tobacco control projects, including for Pacific Island countries, Indonesia, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the New Zealand Agency for International Development (NZAID)(2001-2006 and ongoing).