Latest Breaking News On - Bula sautu - Page 1 : comparemela.com
New Zealand Dental Association | Scoop InfoPages
scoop.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from scoop.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Pacific scoop co nz » Over half of cases in Delta outbreak are Pacific people
scoop.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from scoop.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Community Scoop » Over half of cases in Delta outbreak are Pacific people
scoop.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from scoop.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Pasifika children are nearly twice as likely to have tooth decay at age five.
The Bula Sautu: Pacific health in the year of Covid-19 report, shows Pacific children have higher rates of dental decay and hospitalisations for dental issues than any other group.
Image from Tooth Fairy TV ad targeting Pacific children s dental health.
Photo: NZ Health Promotion Agency
It found oral health in Pasifika kids is in dire state and that they are less likely to have visited a dental health care worker in the past 12 months.
Pasifika dentist, Dr Tule Fanakava Misa said it s alarming and heart breaking, highlighting how bad inequality and inequity has become.
Press Release – New Zealand Dental Association The New Zealand Dental Association (NZDA) continues to be concerned about the dental health of Pasifika people in New Zealand. The recently released report Bula Sautu: A window on quality 2021: Pacific health in the year of Covid-19 highlighted wider …
The New Zealand Dental Association (NZDA) continues to be concerned about the dental health of Pasifika people in New Zealand.
The recently released report
Bula Sautu: A window on quality 2021: Pacific health in the year of Covid-19 highlighted wider concerns over Pasifika general health.
NZDA member, and Pasifika public health dentist, Dr Tule Fanakava Misa says with figures showing only 36 percent of five-year-old Pacific children being free of caries (tooth decay) compared with 69 percent of non-Māori, non-Pacific children are really alarming and heart breaking.