Child Health

Child Poverty Action Group says the Budget will not lift any children out of poverty 

Parents of vaccine-reluctant children have travelled from all over Waikato to see Sanjay Joshi from West Hamilton Pharmacy 

Nappy rash on a baby’s bottom is usually mild and should not cause too much concern, but occasionally it can lead to severe pain and infection. Jonathan Chilton-Towle speaks to pharmacy owner HeeSeung Lee about what pharmacy staff can do to help parents deal with this problem

Counties Manukau DHB is setting up a $1 million fund for healthcare providers rolling out innovative childhood immunisation programmes to the region’s Māori and Pacific communities 

Aotearoa's shift to red in the traffic light system a week after the launch of the paediatric COVID-19 vaccination rollout fuelled a boom in demand for booster shots in conjunction with an onslaught of children requiring their first.

Christchurch pharmacist Sarah Mooney covers some of the most common conditions seen in community pharmacy with the return to school

The sector has navigated teething issues and stepped up to the plate to enter an “exciting” new era of paediatric vaccinations in pharmacy

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Childhood vaccinations have long been the preserve of GPs and WellChild Tamariki Ora, but with COVID-19 expanding pharmacists’ horizons, could that change? Ruth Brown reports