Strep skin should be treated as vigorously as strep throat in young children to help prevent rheumatic fever, says public health academic Michael Baker
Strep skin should be treated as vigorously as strep throat in young children to help prevent rheumatic fever, says public health academic Michael Baker
New Zealand urgently needs to increase the diversity and quality of its housing stock if it is to meet its goal of reducing the country’s carbon emissions by 2030 and meet the needs of our diverse population, researchers at the University of Otago say
Rangatahi experiencing homelessness are being supported by the Government to find safe, warm, and affordable places to live, the Associate Minister of Housing (Homelessness) Marama Davidson announced today
Modelling suggests 20,740 hospital deaths or 34,385 total deaths from COVID-19 could have been avoided in four months (March to June 2020) if England had implemented social distancing and lockdown a week earlier than it did
The cost of heating a child’s bedroom through the night in a Wellington winter would run through 46 per cent of the government’s Winter Energy Payment, which is paid to qualifying beneficiaries and all superannuitants to help with heating costs, a study by researchers at the University of Otago, Wellington has found.
Today the Associate Minister of Housing (Māori Housing) Peeni Henare released the Implementation Plan for the National Māori Housing Strategy – MAIHI Ka Ora
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) welcomes today’s housing inquiry report by the Human Rights Commission but says the recommendations alone won’t deliver the right housing to the right people
Public Health South, Aukaha and Habitat for Humanity Dunedin have recently launched a new joint initiative to reduce the number of children being admitted to hospital with housing-related respiratory illnesses, by supporting families to make their homes warmer and drier
Philippa Howden-Chapman, an expert on the impact of poor housing on health, says a new Building Code is needed to drive higher levels of insulation and other improvements
Specialist GP Nikki Vadgama provides some tips to make your next paediatric eczema consult easier. She includes a review of new guidelines, resources, websites and medications for paediatric eczema management