Post by Kiwi Frontline on Dec 17, 2019 2:35:42 GMT 12
MAORI LEADERS TACKLE BLIND SPOT IN GOVERNMENT’S APPROACH TO ALCOHOL HARM - HAPAI TE HAUORA
This week a collective of mana whenua, Maori health providers, advocates and community take their concerns about alcohol harm inequities to a symposium held at Middlemore Hospital.
The Maori Symposium on Waipiro is supported by a collaboration between Kokiri ki Tamaki Makaurau Trust, Raukura Hauora o Tainui, Counties Manukau DHB, Hapai Te Hauora and the National Hauora Coalition.
"The purpose of the symposium is to bring Maori voice on alcohol related harm to the fore; to put Maori in a position we have not occupied in the decades of debating alcohol-related harm - and that’s a position of leadership" says Dr. Sarah Herbert, spokesperson from the collective for Maori Leadership on Alcohol.....
www.voxy.co.nz/health/5/354978
This week a collective of mana whenua, Maori health providers, advocates and community take their concerns about alcohol harm inequities to a symposium held at Middlemore Hospital.
The Maori Symposium on Waipiro is supported by a collaboration between Kokiri ki Tamaki Makaurau Trust, Raukura Hauora o Tainui, Counties Manukau DHB, Hapai Te Hauora and the National Hauora Coalition.
"The purpose of the symposium is to bring Maori voice on alcohol related harm to the fore; to put Maori in a position we have not occupied in the decades of debating alcohol-related harm - and that’s a position of leadership" says Dr. Sarah Herbert, spokesperson from the collective for Maori Leadership on Alcohol.....
www.voxy.co.nz/health/5/354978