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The Waitangi Tribunal has heard that authorities were told early on that the vaccine rollout would need a whānau focus but Māori providers were rebuffed.
Mongrel Mob, Black Power and Tribal Huk members converged in Huntly, where a doctor warned them that Covid was going to be a "s...storm".
Poverty, deprivation and poor access to healthcare are driving premature deaths in South Auckland, experts say. Recently released figures show Counties Manukau has the worst rates of amenable mortality in the Auckland region. Photo: 123RF And recently released figures show it has the worst rates in the Auckland region. "Amenable mortality" is defined as the premature death of a person under 75 that could have potentially been avoided, if they had received effective and timely healthcare. The most up-to-date figures released by Counties Manukau District Health Board under the Official Informa...
This equates to 111.8 deaths per 100,000 people in the Counties Manukau health board area, compared to 84.7 in Auckland and 82.6 in Waitematā. The 2018 populations served by each health board were Counties Manukau 567,000, Auckland 493,300 and Waitematā DHB 615,100. The most common causes of such deaths in south Auckland are coronary heart disease, diabetes, cerebrovascular disease, suicide, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and breast cancer. RNZ The healthcare system has been labeled 'unacceptably racist', with Pasifika suffering the worst health inequities. Epidemiologist Dr Alis...
Counties Manukau Health and the National Hauora Coalition (NHC) are warning the public about false information being spread about fictional Covid-19 tests in South Auckland schools. A student receiving a rheumatic fever test like those conducted by the Mana Kidz programme. Photo: CHRIS SKELTON/STUFF Social media posts appear to be targeting Mana Kidz, which provides a rheumatic fever prevention programme across 88 primary and intermediate schools in the South Auckland area. The scheme has been operating since 2012 and uses throat swabs to detect Streptococcus bacteria, commonly known as stre...