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RECOMMENDATIONS

That the Department of Labour convene a meeting of key industry stakeholders at which participants will report on initiatives they are taking to address particular problems with leptospirosis and then explore means though which efforts might be coordinated and the industry exercise combined and effective leadership in combating leptospirosis.

That the Department of Labour facilitate a meeting between various agencies (especially meeting with the Ministry of Health, District Health Boards, ESR and other testing laboratories, ACC, and medical researchers) to improve the accuracy and completeness of data recorded on the incidence of leptospirosis and how initiatives for improved data flows between the agencies can be commenced.

Look at the efficacy of representatives of the key stakeholders (Executive Summary paragraph two) forming a project team to plan and undertake a project to obtain comprehensive information on the incidence of leptospirosis (including serovar type) in a rural community such as the Hawkes Bay. The anticipated outcomes of the project would include the raising of awareness of the disease among affected people in the farming, professional and urban communities, and the evaluation of different strategies for control in the various animal species, farming systems, and work environments.

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