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October 22, 2024 | Paakiwaha
Gerard Rushton | The Meningitis Foundation Aotearoa New Zealand Chair
Parents of Māori and Pacific Island infants and adolescents are being encouraged to get vaccinated for meningitis to help improve these rates.
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February 5, 2024 | News
Meningococcal risk jumps up age grade
Young people are more social - and that could be putting rangatahi at greater risk of meningococcal disease.
July 4, 2023 | News
Free vax needed to stem meningitis threat
Māori paediatrician Dr Owen Sinclair says the meningococcal B vaccine to be made widely available urgently - and for free.
October 26, 2022 | News
Bold action needed on meningitis
National's health spokesperson Shane Reti is backing a petition calling for meningococcal vaccines to be provided free to all 16 year olds before they leave school.
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