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March 13, 2023 | News
Whooping cough deaths spark vaccination call
Te Aka Whai Ora's chief medical officer has put out an urgent call for whanau to vaccinate their children against measles and whooping cough.
September 22, 2023
November 9, 2022 | News
Equity lens highlights Māori child health gap
The new president of the Paediatrics Society says a focus on equity is the way to fix New Zealand's health system.
November 8, 2022 | News
Childhood vaccine system collapsed
Child health experts are calling for urgent action to address Aotearoa’s low rates of immunisations
September 21, 2022 | News
Māori partners needed for measles jab push
A Māori immunologist says working with Māori providers will be key to catching up with childhood immunisation.
September 21, 2022 | News
Priority needed for immunization catch up
National's health spokesperson says he'd make child immunisation a priority if his party wins next year's election.
September 15, 2022 | News
Child vaccination push needed
The chief medical officer for Whatu Ora Counties Manukau is urging parents to ensure their children's immunisations are up to date.
September 14, 2022 | News
Community providers ready for immunisation push
The Health Ministry’s top Maori says valuable lessons about running future vaccination campaigns were learned from the Covid-19 effort. National […]
September 14, 2022 | News
Covid campaign lost opportunuty for Reti
National’s health spokesperson is calling for the third of a billion dollars spent on Maori providers for Covid immunization to […]
September 12, 2022 | News
Alarm bells as immunisation system broken for Maori
The head of the National Immunisation Taskforce says the system is failing Maori. Paediatrician Owen Sinclair says resources were diverted […]
July 26, 2022 | News
Tamariki vaccine gap raises measles fear
A child health expert says there's a worldwide trend of declining youth immunisation rates - and in Aotearoa it's especially marked among tamariki Māori.
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