Inequity of distance: Strong evidence for rural clinics to deliver COVID-19 vaccine

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Inequity of distance: Strong evidence for rural clinics to deliver COVID-19 vaccine

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The driving-distance barrier to accessing COVID-19 vaccines will hit Māori and older adult communities hardest, says health geographer Jesse Whitehead

National Rural Health Conference

Around 400 people – GPs, practice nurses, nurse practitioners, PHO and DHB officials and managers, politicians and NGO representatives attended the National Rural Health Conference, hosted by the New Zealand Rural General Practice Network, at the Wairakei Resort near Taupō early this month

Fewer than 1 per cent of people live more than a half-hour drive from a general practice, health geographer Jesse Whitehead found, in a study looking