At the Beehive last month, The Asian Network Inc (Tani) launched it’s most comprehensive report yet, Asian Health in Aotearoa.
The findings, drawing on 20 years of New Zealand Health Survey data, are stark.
Obesity has doubled in over 20 years, and physical activity and nutrition indicators are poor compared to European and “other” communities, setting up a pipeline of cardiovascular and non-communicable diseases to follow.
Friday, February 28, marks five years since COVID-19 was first reported in Aotearoa New Zealand. At a population level, it remains our most harmful infectious disease, with thousands of hospitalisations and 664 deaths last year.. Read...
There’s been a small decline in youth vaping rates, but prevalence remains high, particularly among Māori and Pasifika students, and is still high by international standards. Read...
Exploring lived experience provides insights into the multiple ways that lack of affordability prevents access to medicines: directly, through interaction with other barriers to access including transport, by damaging trust and reducing acceptability of services, and by making participants less able to deal with mistakes made by health professionals.
HEALTH SERVICES AND SYSTEMS
EQUITY
Exploring the impacts of the health system on minorities within the population, notably including Māori, Pacifica, Asians and LGBTQI.
DRUGS, DEVICE AND DIAGNOSTICS
PUBLIC HEALTH
DIGITAL HEALTH
TE TIRITI