Although the delta variant of Covid emerged last year and was detected in our managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) facilities five months ago, we were poorly prepared for and have struggled to control this current outbreak.
Health inequities have existed in New Zealand since records began. They have been described as immoral because for many years governments have known what is needed to address them.
The global recession caused by COVID-19 has exacerbated unemployment, inequities and poverty in Aotearoa.
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) disproportionately affects Māori and Pacific peoples in Aotearoa.
Māori have been severely under-represented in New Zealand’s medical workforce for the entirety of the country’s colonial history.
Since New Zealand introduced organised cervical screening in the 1990s,both the incidence and mortality of cervical cancer has reduced significantly.
Pacific people living in Aotearoa New Zealand experience disproportionately poor health outcomes, and this extends to eye problems.
Chronic liver disease (CLD) is a growing problem affecting approximately fifty million people worldwide.
Achieving health equity in Aotearoa New Zealand is a stated aim of the Government and those responsible for managing and developing its health and disability system.
Aotearoa New Zealand performs poorly with respect to child injury prevention in comparison to other high-income countries.
Spontaneous pneumomediastinum of delivery, also known as Hamman’s syndrome, is a rare complication of childbirth occurring in around one in 2,000–100,000 vaginal deliveries.
Dr William (Bill) Taylor passed away on 5 September 2021 at the age of 83. Sadly, he had suffered from ill-health in his last few years.
Among the following four cases there were two in which syphilis of the nervous system was undoubted, but which presented other points of clinical interest, and two in which it became necessary to decide upon the value of a negative Wassermann reaction.