Why don’t they take their meds? Thinking small and from the bottom up may help

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Why don’t they take their meds? Thinking small and from the bottom up may help

Glenn Doherty
There could be a Tongan solution to insulin usage reluctance, says Glenn Doherty

Alan Perrott takes a look at an 18-month Whakakotahi partnership between Auckland’s Tongan Health Society, the Health Quality & Safety Commission and Pharmac trialling an innovative approach to diabetes treatment

Access issues prevented Māori from receiving one million funded medication treatments The drugs are there, and the de­livery tools are readily av