Give Pharmac’s budgeting and new approach easing Special Authority restrictions on medicines like new diabetes drugs for Māori and Pasifika time, its Māori chief advisor says
Access to contraception in New Zealand is poor and inequitable, says south Auckland GP Orna McGinn who argues that providing contraception is a basic public health measure
Today’s decision by PHARMAC to fund two new medications for the management of Type 2 diabetes, and to especially make them available for Māori and Pacific patients is a win for equity says The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners.
For health benefits, adults aged 18 to 64 are recommended to get between 150 and 300 minutes’ moderate-intensity physical activity throughout the week, says the new WHO advice in Guidelines on PhysicalActivity and Sedentary Behaviour
For health benefits, adults aged 18 to 64 are recommended to get between 150 and 300 minutes’ moderate-intensity physical activity throughout the week, says the new WHO advice in Guidelines on PhysicalActivity and Sedentary Behaviour
We now consider it likely that the PHARMAC Board will make a decision on a proposal to fund these medicines in January. We expect to be able to notify their decision in early February
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