Health system not miles from Afghanistan

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Health system not miles from Afghanistan

Vanessa Weenink NZMA deputy chair

Vanessa Weenink

Kabul Afghanistan
Afghanistan – a veteran reports how corporate interests became involved in security and training, motivated by profit

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New Zealand’s visa policy has cost lives in Afghanistan, writes a deeply ashamed Vanessa Weenink, who also says some of the evils existing within that country can be seen in our health system

Corporatisation and profit-taking at the expense of patients are already evident in the New Zealand health system I’m an optimist by nature. In f