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Amazing 2021

Māori innovation reflects need not enterprise

15 December 2021

Alan

Perrott

aperrott@nzdoctor.co.nz

Wednesday 15 December 2021, 03:35 AM

Many iwi and Māori health providers did not wait for Government funding but got cracking on COVID-19 vaccination [NZD]

Iwi and Māori health services have taken the bull by the horns to focus on protecting their whānau in the pandemic. They feel they have more than proven themselves and deserve to be involved in decisions and funded accordingly, writes Alan Perrott

Key points, Māori healthcare innovations have been a necessary response in the pandemic, providers say, and they want to continue and develop these. Funding ha

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Heart failure

Pharmacist prescribers Linda Bryant and Leanne Te Karu discuss positive polypharmacy for heart failure. Current evidence shows the intensive implementation of four medications offers the greatest benefit to most patients with heart failure, with significant reductions in cardiovascular mortality, heart failure hospitalisations and all-cause mortality

Wednesday 29 January 2025, 12:45 AM