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Appalling Pasifika health outcomes are being normalised by a medical system that refuses to change, says researcher Debbie Ryan

Appalling Pasifika health outcomes are being normalised by a medical system that refuses to change, says researcher Debbie Ryan

The current strategy of targeted measles, mumps and rubella vaccinations is not expected to change, despite Pharmac securing another 100,000 doses

A shortage of practices volunteering to monitor influenza cases, particularly in Counties Manukau and Waitematā DHBs, is threatening a system designed to detect rising epidemics

Changes to the Burial and Cremation Act 1964 could allow for new technologies that make body disposal more sustainable

The immediate benefits of the Healthy Homes Initiative are clear – but only ‘scratch the surface of need’

Systemic factors are involved in the decline in Māori vaccination, but the measles outbreak has raised awareness for the need to immunise 

Dwindling supplies of the MMR vaccine in the Auckland region has seen large-scale, pop-up clinics cancelled and some practices either out of stock or with their remaining shots already spoken for 

Recipients of MMR vaccinations are being prioritised to ensure supplies are not exhausted before a new shipment arrives