Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 6, 2019 17:14:15 GMT 12
INEQUALITY IS MAKING KIDS SICK
The rising rate of rheumatic fever among Māori and Pasifika children is one of the sharpest examples yet of the direct harm caused by New Zealand’s high level of inequality, Peter Malcolm, spokesperson for the income equality project Closing the Gap, said today.
“We as a society need to take responsibility for the social and economic inequalities that underlie this illness,” he said. “Until we do, more Māori and Pasifika children and their families will be forced to pay an unconscionably heavy price.”....
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1905/S00066/inequality-is-making-kids-sick.htm
The rising rate of rheumatic fever among Māori and Pasifika children is one of the sharpest examples yet of the direct harm caused by New Zealand’s high level of inequality, Peter Malcolm, spokesperson for the income equality project Closing the Gap, said today.
“We as a society need to take responsibility for the social and economic inequalities that underlie this illness,” he said. “Until we do, more Māori and Pasifika children and their families will be forced to pay an unconscionably heavy price.”....
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1905/S00066/inequality-is-making-kids-sick.htm