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6 days ago · A range of approaches is needed to manage mental health presentations. In this article, specialist GP Sophie Jadwiga Ball describes two tools that can be employed within a GP consultation and provides the evidence-based theory behind their use. She also presents numerous examples to demonstrate how you can apply these tools in practice
Covid-19 vaccines work, but we need to do more to get the most …
Aug 1, 2024 · While keeping up with your Covid-19 boosters is still the most effective way to protect yourself in the ongoing pandemic, infectious disease experts say we could get even better public health value from the vaccines.
Glucose monitors for diabetes have finally been funded – but a …
4 days ago · Pharmac’s decision to fund continuous glucose monitors and automated insulin delivery systems for the approximately 18,000 people who currently live with type 1 diabetes in Aotearoa New Zealand is good news. The decision comes after years of advocacy from patient groups and clinicians. But there ...
Older Kiwis urged to get COVID-19 boosters - New Zealand Doctor
Dec 13, 2023 · A range of approaches is needed to manage mental health presentations. In this article, specialist GP Sophie Jadwiga Ball describes two tools that can be employed within a GP consultation and provides the evidence-based theory behind their use. She also presents numerous examples to demonstrate how you can apply these tools in practice
AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine receives Medsafe ... - New …
Jul 29, 2021 · The COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca has now received provisional approval from Medsafe for use in New Zealand. It joins COVID-19 Vaccine Janssen which received the same approval earlier in the month.
New report calls for major change to Pharmac’s funding model
3 days ago · Pharmac’s decision-making process for funding drugs in Aotearoa New Zealand is in need of a major overhaul - according to a new independent report. The Milne Report, commissioned by Multiple Sclerosis New Zealand (MSNZ), says its time Pharmac based its funding decisions not just on the cost of a ...
With most mandatory public health measures gone, is New …
Sep 16, 2022 · Analysis - New Zealand's decision this week to end most mandatory public health measures aimed at preventing Covid transmission received a mixed response.Our modelling suggests it was time to wind back restrictions, but some measures were perhaps scrapped prematurely. The only requirements still in place are for people who test positive to isolate for seven days and for masks to be worn when ...
Thousands of immunocompromised Kiwis to benefit from new …
Jul 30, 2024 · Up to 15,000 immunocompromised Kiwis are set to benefit over the next two years from widened access to a publicly funded vaccine, which can help protect patients from shingles, a disease that can cause a blistering rash, intense burning, and shock-like pain.[1][2]
Are Covid-19 treatments working? – Expert Q&A
Mar 16, 2022 · Timely treatment for Covid-19 is front of mind for many people, in light of NZ's mounting hospitalisation and death statistics. Now that Aotearoa has 960 people in hospital and a steepening death curve from Covid-19, how are people being treated for the disease at present?