In this article, Sue Frankland looks at the global problem of wastage of medications, including causes such as overprescribing and non-adherence. She also presents information from her master’s dissertation on how people understand, and respond to, medication expiration dates
Northland pharmacists spearhead initiative to assist asthmatics
Thursday 31 May 2018, 12:00 PM
Shane Heswall
In a suspected first for New Zealand, pharmacists in Northland are being funded by the local DHB to offer a new intervention for asthma patients. The initiative is targeted to help Māori and Pasifika people, who have some of the worst rates of asthma-related hospitalisation and mortality in the country. Pharmacy Today reporter Nerine Zoio finds out more
A new asthma intervention initiative being offered by Northland pharmacists aims to help around 2000 Māori and Pacifika patients.
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