Caroline McElnay

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Caroline McElnay
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McElnay in 2020
Director of Public Health
Assumed office
2016
Personal details
BornBushmills, Northern Ireland
Alma mater
OccupationPublic health official

Caroline McElnay (/ˈmæk.ɪlˌneɪ/) is a medical officer in New Zealand.[1] She is the director of public health for the New Zealand Ministry of Health and chairs the Pandemic Influenza Technical Advisory Group, which advises the Ministry on matters concerning the control of the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand.[2]

Biography[]

McElnay, one of seven children, grew up on a farm in Bushmills, Northern Ireland.[3] She studied medicine in Belfast and then Manchester, England. During her studies in Manchester she completed a one-year exchange in New Zealand, including six months in Napier.[4]

McElnay later moved with her husband to Napier in 1995.[3] She was appointed director of population health for Hawke's Bay District Health Board. She advocated for health equity in the region and in 2014 she published a major report on the subject.[4] While at the board she was involved in the response to Havelock North's gastro outbreak, the first case of the SARS virus in New Zealand and a listeria outbreak.[2]

McElnay was appointed to the role of director of public health at the Ministry of Health in 2016.[2]

She has three children.[5]

Publications[]

  • McElnay, C., & University of Manchester. (1991). The epidemiology of hip fractures in the elderly and the efficacy of vitamin D supplementation as a preventive strategy. Manchester: University of Manchester.[6]
  • McElnay, C., & Hawke's Bay District Health Board,. (2014). Health inequity in Hawke's Bay.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ "Confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 61, bringing total to 708". TVNZ. 1 April 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Morton, Jamie (6 March 2020). "Coronavirus: Meet the experts advising the NZ Government on Covid-19". The New Zealand Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  3. ^ a b Witton, Bridie (25 September 2021). "Caroline McElnay - piloting the pandemic response". Stuff. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  4. ^ a b "McElnay: Building the fence at the top of the cliff". Stuff. 2 December 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Meet the Irish woman near the top of New Zealand's Covid-19 response". The Irish Times. 9 April 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  6. ^ McElnay, Caroline; University of Manchester; Medical School (1991). The epidemiology of hip fractures in the elderly and the efficacy of vitamin D supplementation as a preventive strategy. Manchester: University of Manchester. OCLC 642940895.
  7. ^ McElnay, Caroline; Hawke's Bay District Health Board (2014). Health inequity in Hawke's Bay. ISBN 978-0-473-31294-7. OCLC 911035887.
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