The scale and complexity of the work being undertaken by Aotearoa’s primary care teams has been highlighted by a stocktake undertaken by General Practice New Zealand (GPNZ) in the first quarter of 2021.
Te Arawa Whānau Ora (TAWO) are part of a research partnership that will receive over $1.4m to help support injury prevention and rehabilitation research for the region’s ageing Māori population. The research is funded by the Health Research Council of NZ, ACC and the Ageing Well National Science Challenge
Two thirds of New Zealanders believed there were ‘silver linings’ to the country’s Alert Level 4 COVID-19 lockdown imposed in March last year, a University of Otago survey has found
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Media release from the University of Otago, Wellington
For the first time, a choir master who contracted COVID-19 as part of the single biggest cluster in New Zealand last year, is speaking out about his experience and how the severe complications he endured made him feel like “it was the end”
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Media release from the Pasifika Medical Association Group
There is one new border-related positive COVID-19 case, in a worker at the Grand Millennium managed isolation facility. The worker returned a positive swab after being tested on Tuesday
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