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Friday 12 March 2010
Top Stories
Closure of the 198 Youth Health Centre in Christchurch is bad news for the city's young people and surprising in light of a positive evaluation from the Ministry of Health late last year on the effectiveness of youth health services, Family Planning National Medical Advisor Dr Christine Roke says.
Raising Awareness
Kidney Health New Zealand mark World Kidney Day
Staff from Kidney Health New Zealand marked World Kidney Day yesterday with a successful event giving free kidney health checks, advice and information in Cannons Creek, Porirua. The effort is in response to significantly higher rates of diabetes and related kidney disease among Maori, Asian and Pacific peoples, compared to other New Zealanders.
Similar free services will be available at other events, such as an upcoming Pacific festival in Auckland. To boost awareness of the rapid growth in kidney disease, especially among Maori and Pacific populations, KHNZ will offer similar checks to MPs and staff at Parliament on 16 March. Kidney Health New Zealand is supported in these efforts by Diabetes New Zealand.
Roger Honeybun is cycling more than 1,000 kilometres from Christchurch to Auckland to raise awareness of poor asthma control in New Zealand. Roger's great nephew, Sean Hedley, tragically died from an exacerbation of asthma at just nine years old.
"The tobacco industry should support an effective tobacco licensing system and stop proposing largely meaningless changes to the existing rules which are very ineffective," says the Asthma Foundation's Chief Executive, Jane Patterson.
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