How do I explain health equity to the Labour Party and Dr Lucy O’Hagan?

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How do I explain health equity to the Labour Party and Dr Lucy O’Hagan?

Ramesh Nair

Monday 11 December 2023, 04:55 PM

It is very unusual in this nation for an Asian such as myself to publicly explain the true state of the world to well-meaning White New Zealanders, so here goes [Image: Gemma Evans on Unsplash]

Just as Dr O’Hagan in her 24 November op-ed, “read half an article on health policy by ACT’s Brooke van Velden and felt sort of dizzy with rage”, I read half of Lucy’s article and felt the same, but with frustration, writes Ramesh Nair

This nation is multi-ethnic. In the 2018 census, Auckland had 28 per cent of its population with some Asian ethnicity, 16 per cent Pasifika, 11 per ce

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