Pharmacies first healthcare contact for new migrants, study reveals

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Pharmacies first healthcare contact for new migrants, study reveals

Alan Perrott

Alan Perrott

white blue and orange medication pill [Myriam Zilles on Unsplash]
Many new migrants to Aotearoa are used to searching their symptoms on Google and then purchasing the medicine they need [Image: Myriam Zilles on Unsplash]
“[New migrants] don’t know that certain medicines have to be prescribed” Pharmacies are the most common first point of contact with healthcare fo