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Rheumatic fever roadmap 2023-2028 launched in Auckland

WebA five-year focus on tackling rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease has been announced by Associate Health Minister Barbara Edmonds. The Rheumatic …

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New Pacific Mental health and addictions service opens in …

WebPhoto: mapumaia.nz. A new Pacific mental health and addictions service opened in Hawke’s Bay last week and was described as the first of its kind for the city. …

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Funding boost to strengthen Pacific and Māori Healthcare

WebHealth and education programmes in Samoa to receive funding boost from NZ. Cook Islands paediatric surgeon new chair of National Pacific Health Senate. New …

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New Pasifika health service in Christchurch sets out to 'truly help

WebHealth professionals in Canterbury are rallying to change poor health outcomes for Pasifika people by creating a health care service that’s warmer, friendlier, …

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Stroke and the impact on Pacific People

WebResearch provided by the Stroke Foundation shows stroke is New Zealand’s second biggest killer and leading cause of serious adult disability. Each year more than …

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Construction of new $236m Manukau Health Park delayed by …

WebConstruction work on the $236 million redevelopment of the Manukau Health Park now won’t start until late 2022 after delays due to Covid-19, according to Counties …

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New report address challenges facing Pasifika and Maori living

WebDr Croucher also outlined the benefit that early intervention and community resources would have for both the health system and those newly diagnosed with …

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Talanoa: Mental health and the impact of Covid

WebTalanoa: Mental health and the impact of Covid. It’s Mental Health Awareness Week and quite timely. A lot of people are just coping, with Covid restricting …

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Whakarongorau Aotearoa connecting Pacific people to health …

WebTVNZ is a New Zealand public broadcast service. Whakarongorau Aotearoa run free telephone services available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week providing virtual …

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New analysis sees sharp rise in obesity amongst Pacific men and …

WebThe World Health Organization (WHO) contributed to the data collection and analysis informing the report. In the Pacific, overweight, obesity and diet-related …

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New agency will offer Pasifika same-day access to mental health

WebMarch 30, 2023. The Pacific Mental Health Commissioner was officially launched on Thursday, aiming to improve access to services for Pasifika in south Auckland. Photo: …

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Cost of Manukau Health Park project rises by 38%

WebPhoto: Supplied. Te Whatu Ora is defending a blow-out in the budget of the Manukau Health Park project, which is now expected to cost $316m, and says the 38% …

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Sir Collin Tukuitoga appointed incoming President of the New

WebSir Collin is a public health physician and is keen to build on Aotearoa’s successful public health interventions. The New Zealand College of Public Health …

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University research centre committed to developing Pacific

WebThe University of Auckland – Waipapa Taumata Rau is set to launch Te Poutoko Ora a Kiwa, the first research centre dedicated to Pacific and global health …

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Meet health leader Dr Apisalome Talemaitoga SunPix Awards 2020

WebMeet Pasifika Futures Pacific Health & Wellbeing Award Winner Dr Api Talemaitoga. Dr Talemaitoga is Chief Advisor, Pacific at the Ministry of Health, Chair of …

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It takes a village: Raising awareness of Young onset Dementia

WebThe Aotearoa Tongan Health Workers Association was one of five organisations chosen to deliver a programme called māngalo (a Tongan term to describe …

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Meet Pacific Health & Wellbeing Award Winner Pale Sauni SunPix …

WebMeet Pasifika Futures Pacific Health & Wellbeing Award Winner Pale Sauni. Pale has a keen interest in how our spiritual and cultural worlds collide for our physical, …

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New bowel cancer screening campaign aimed at saving Pasifika lives

WebTVNZ is a New Zealand public broadcast service. ‘You’ve Got This!’. That’s the slogan behind a new bowel cancer screening test campaign aimed at Māori and …

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Pacific community in Tokoroa embrace Covid-19 Immunisation …

WebCEO of the South Waikato Pacific Island Community Services, Akarere Henry says the Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (CVIP) is a great example of collaboration …

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Anaesthetic doctors call for more Pasifika and Māori anaesthetic

WebAnaesthetic doctors highlight that part of the answer to the cancelled surgery crisis – due to a shortage of anaesthetic technicians – is to grow local trainee numbers …

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NZ delegation opens medical facility in Tonga on first leg of Pacific

WebWinston Peters and Dr Shane Reti meet with the Tongan cabinet. Photo: John Pulu/Tagata Pasifika. Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters, Health and Pacific …

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