Asthma and Respiratory Foundation’s (ARFNZ) annual Breathe Better September campaign wrapped up last week, raising over $15,500 in donations, with a record 267 Better Breathing Heroes taking part
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Media release from the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ
Māori adults who experience chronic pain are being prescribed painkillers at the expense of best practice treatments and are not being offered referrals to specialists, research from the Māori community health provider, Tu Kotahi Māori Asthma and Research Trust and the University of Otago, Wellington has found
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Media release from the University of Otago, Wellington
Director and Deputy Director of the Government’s Health and Disability Transition Unit (TU), Stephen McKernan (former Dir. Gen of Health) and Martin Hefford, will speak at a Federation of Primary Health (FPHANZ) webinar on Friday
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Media release from the Federation of Primary Health Aotearoa New Zealand
A new team has been mobilised to support disabled people to access transport and get vaccinated in a way that suits their needs, COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins and Disability Issues Minister Carmel Sepuloni said
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Media release from Minister for COVID-19 Response Chris Hipkins and Minister for Disability Issues Carmel Sepuloni
The Alliance of Cancer NGOs (CANGO) is calling on Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to urgently adopt the same hard-line, "zero tolerance" approach to cancer deaths that she is to COVID
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Media release from Leukaemia and Blood Cancer New Zealand
Going the extra mile and putting in the hard yards, has seen 40.1% (53 practices) of ProCare’s 167 general practices across Tāmaki Makaurau having in excess of 85% of their patients receive their first does of the Pfizer vaccination
24 community cases of COVID-19, including one historical; two border cases including one historical; more than 55,500 vaccines doses administered yesterday
The aunties of the Waitara Māori Women’s Welfare League (MWWL) are leading the charge against COVID-19 in defence of their kaumatua, their whānau, their hapu, and the wider community
People are being urged to take advantage of the last mass community vaccination events taking place in Taranaki this weekend by getting their COVID-19 jab
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