Friday, 5 March 2021, 10:23 am
Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu is prepared to respond to
the urgent need to ensure Māori communities participate in
the COVID-19 immunisation programme. Pouārahi Helen Leahy
says that the Whānau Ora commissioning role can play a
crucial role in engaging these communities, and providing
consistent and accurate messaging about the
vaccines.
The effort to ensure whānau understand the
impact of the COVID-19 vaccine comes in response to a survey
conducted late last year by Horizon Research, which gauged
public attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccines and expected
levels of uptake. Their findings indicated that there will