New ethnicity diabetes drug criteria makes ‘huge’ difference to Māori and Pacific uptake

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New ethnicity diabetes drug criteria makes ‘huge’ difference to Māori and Pacific uptake

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New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa

Blood glucose testing for diabetes
Pharmac is this month launching a campaign to inform Māori and Pacific peoples with type 2 diabetes about ethnicity criteria, making access easier to newly funded medications
“This requires a bit of courage, I think, to try and address the stark disproportionate distribution of diseases like diabetes” Pharmac’s first