Scott Waide: Let’s be honest! Nearly every PNG public health facility is facing medicine shortages
Merut Kilamu being given the last bottles of Amoxycillin suspension for her baby. Image: Scott Waide/My Land, My Country blog COMMENTARY: By Scott Waide In Lae City, Papua New Guinea’s second-largest city, there are seven urban clinics, each serving between 100 and 150 patients a day. They get their medical supplies form the Government Area […]
Read More →Waste colonialism and plastic pollution targeted in NZ ‘pure’ campaign
By Sylvia C. Frain in Auckland Aotearoa/New Zealand’s status as a “wasteful country” is one of the targets of the PURE 2018 tour launched in Auckland earlier this month. More than 12 million metric tons of plastics enter oceans and waterways globally each year, directly impacting on New Zealand’s coastal communities, food sources, and sea […]
Read More →Asian rights body calls for more action by Jakarta over Papuan health crisis
Al Jazeera’s Step Vaessen was given exclusive access to report on the measles outbreak from Asatat, in Indonesia’s Papua province. Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has called for more action about the health crisis facing Asmat regency in Indonesian-ruled Papua. The commission has blamed the Indonesian government “for this considerable […]
Read More →Waikato DHB drinking water accreditation suspended
MIL OSI – Source: Waikato District Health Board – Release/Statement Headline: Waikato DHB drinking water accreditation suspended Waikato DHB’s public health team will continue to sign off council water safety plans and ensure they are being implemented under the authority of the Ministry of Health, following suspension of their accreditation by IANZ. IANZ has issued […]
Read More →Health + Fieldays = Waikato Health Hub
MIL OSI – Source: Waikato District Health Board – Release/Statement Headline: Health + Fieldays = Waikato Health Hub It’s new, it’s interactive and one day its services might just save your life. This is your chance to walk through a mobile world of healthcare at Fieldays’ Waikato Health Hub, 14-17 June 2017 stand E32. Mobile […]
Read More →Standing for healthy tamariki
MIL OSI – Source: Green Party – Press Release/Statement Headline: Standing for healthy tamariki When I was told I was the recipient of the Public Health Association Tū Rangatira mō to Ora award I was speechless. It took a little while to process. I’m not very good with surprises, and I consider the work I do […]
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