Pacific

Jody Hopkinson speaks to University of Otago School of Pharmacy associate professor Greg Walker about his recent trip to Samoa to teach school students about medicines

Spending two weeks on a science outreach trip to Samoa and talking to high-school students about medicines in 28-degree heat and 95 per cent humidity, “put things in perspective”, says University of Otago School of Pharmacy lecturer, associate professor Greg Walker. 

A DOCTORAL candidate’s research into patterns of prescribing and how this may influence patients’ recovery from stroke in New Zealand has been internationally recognised.

A doctoral candidate’s research into patterns of prescribing and how this may influence patients’ recovery from stroke in New Zealand has been internationally recognised

DISPENSING DATA for COVID-19 antivirals suggest there may have been inequitable access to the treatments.

Samoa has declared a dengue outbreak with over 200 confirmed cases, and health officials estimating many more have already been infected

Dispensing data for COVID-19 antivirals suggest there may have been inequitable access to the treatments

Tonga's head pharmacist says although she welcomes the opening of a new pharmacy building, a shortage of health staff to meet the nation's and outer islands' needs is her greatest concern

Journalist Zahra Shahtahmasebi visits the Cook Islands on a scholarship and delves deep into the workings of the nation’s health system, including the hospital pharmacy 

Emergency responders found Hawke’s Bay seasonal workers trapped by Cyclone Gabrielle living in conditions akin to “modern day slavery”