University of Otago

We have previously written about the need for more preparations in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) concerning a future national outbreak of Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2

The Health Research Council (HRC), Te Aho o Te Kahu, the Cancer Control Agency, and the Ministry of Health have today announced $6.2 million in funding for research aimed at addressing the stark inequities in cancer care and survival for Māori and Pacific peoples in New Zealand

Treating skin infections in children should be a high priority following research confirming streptococcus skin infections can trigger acute rheumatic fever, says University of Otago researcher Julie Bennett

Two specialist GPs and several other former and current medical practitioners are among those named in the New Year Honours List 

Five preventable deaths were detected in a study of New Zealand general practice records between 2011 and 2013.

It was a while before young GP Ben Gray gave in and started wearing socks to work

Patients stopped seeking primary care in “the normal way” as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, says researcher and specialist GP Geraldine Wilson

An historic day for wahine Māori leadership at the University of Otago

The Ministry of Health added almost 200 more medicines to the schedule from which pharmacist prescribers can prescribe, taking the total to 1713. A media release from the ministry says New Zealand has 37 pharmacist prescribers, largely based in collaborative, multidisciplinary health teams