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The Māori PHO Collective is kicking off a $2.2 million campaign to provide a “short, sharp hit” to low immunisation rates for tamariki 

As The Health Media enjoys a central city sojourn, reporter Alan Perrott hits the streets

New investment is aimed at bringing more kaiāwhina into the comprehensive primary care team. Alan Perrott reports

Total Healthcare is looking to become the fourth PHO to partner with Le Afio’aga a Aotearoa, the Ōtara-Papatoetoe prototype locality

Alan Perrott checks the vital signs of localities, the networks that will design local primary and community health services once the health reforms are in full swing

Alan Perrott meets Barney and Penny Montgomery, who love both general practice and research

Auckland healthcare providers are scrambling to address vaccination gaps as regional services work to prevent spread from two confirmed measles cases 

A vascular registrar has blamed inexperience and his lack of knowledge for twice discharging a woman who later required major surgery and is now unable to work 

The equity benefit from granting Māori and Pacific patients readier access to diabetes medications shows the policy could be followed with other treatments, researchers say 

The potential impact of the $20.6 million being committed to kaiāwhina roles by Te Aka Whai Ora is “huge and exciting”, says National Hauora Coalition chief executive Rachel Brown