Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 25, 2018 17:27:12 GMT 12
TB IN NZ 'IS A DISEASE OF MĀORI AND MIGRANTS'
Māori are eight times more likely to get tuberculosis than Pākehā.
New Zealand has low overall rates of tuberculosis, however Māori make up about 45 percent of the roughly 60 locally born cases each year.
International expert Philip Hill said that up to half of older Māori could carry the dormant TB infection without knowing it.
Professor Hill is assessing the feasibility of a nationwide study to identify Māori with a dormant TB infection.
"My gut feeling is that we will probably find an increasing amount of latent TB infection with increasing age.
"I would expect that between 10 and 50 percent of older Māori above the age of 50 may well be infected - but that is a wide range estimate."
"The disparities in TB are huge. This is not a disease of white people, it is a disease of colonisation. It is a disease of Māori and migrants."......
www.radionz.co.nz/news/top/367175/tb-in-nz-is-a-disease-of-maori-and-migrants
Māori are eight times more likely to get tuberculosis than Pākehā.
New Zealand has low overall rates of tuberculosis, however Māori make up about 45 percent of the roughly 60 locally born cases each year.
International expert Philip Hill said that up to half of older Māori could carry the dormant TB infection without knowing it.
Professor Hill is assessing the feasibility of a nationwide study to identify Māori with a dormant TB infection.
"My gut feeling is that we will probably find an increasing amount of latent TB infection with increasing age.
"I would expect that between 10 and 50 percent of older Māori above the age of 50 may well be infected - but that is a wide range estimate."
"The disparities in TB are huge. This is not a disease of white people, it is a disease of colonisation. It is a disease of Māori and migrants."......
www.radionz.co.nz/news/top/367175/tb-in-nz-is-a-disease-of-maori-and-migrants