Pacific Health

Ensuring Pacific communities get up-to-date information during the COVID-19 Auckland lockdown is vital, says chair of South Seas Healthcare 

Tongan Health Society is looking to go international only months after claiming the Total Healthcare General Practice of the Year title at the inaugural
New Zealand Primary Healthcare Awards | He Tohu Mauri Ora

A new Pacific Pharmacists’ Association initiative carried out by vice-president Diana Phone aims to address the “fundamental lack” of information for Pacific people and the public about medicine and pharmacy during COVID-19.  

Talk of the need for equity in healthcare provision has turned out to be just that – talk, say Māori and Pacific health providers

South Seas Healthcare chief executive Silao Vaisola-Sefo has called for a “coordinated response” provide an equitable response to the healthcare needs of Māori and Pacific communities during COVID-19

The University of Auckland has seen a surge in non-Māori student enrolments at the School of Pharmacy after “disappointing” numbers in 2019

Just over a year on from the Pacific Pharmacists’ Association’s incorporation as a society, its executive is focusing on drawing more Pasifika into the profession

A new report from Pharmac further demonstrates that Māori are far less likely than Pākehā to receive appropriate medicines – and it is at least partly due to prescribers’ bias 

A collaborative effort to improve gout management in Māori and Pacific patients has seen a Kapiti Coast pharmacy chosen as a finalist in the Health Quality and Safety Commission’s Whakakotahi Challenge

Two young Pasifika pharmacists talk collaboration at the Pasifika Medical Association conference