Pacific

DISPENSING DATA for COVID-19 antivirals suggest there may have been inequitable access to the treatments.

Samoa has declared a dengue outbreak with over 200 confirmed cases, and health officials estimating many more have already been infected

Dispensing data for COVID-19 antivirals suggest there may have been inequitable access to the treatments

Tonga's head pharmacist says although she welcomes the opening of a new pharmacy building, a shortage of health staff to meet the nation's and outer islands' needs is her greatest concern

Journalist Zahra Shahtahmasebi visits the Cook Islands on a scholarship and delves deep into the workings of the nation’s health system, including the hospital pharmacy 

Emergency responders found Hawke’s Bay seasonal workers trapped by Cyclone Gabrielle living in conditions akin to “modern day slavery” 

Journalist Zahra Shahtahmasebi visits the Cook Islands on a scholarship and delves deep into the workings of the nation’s health system, including the hospital pharmacy 

Journalist Zahra Shahtahmasebi visits the Cook Islands on a scholarship and delves deep into the workings of the nation’s health system, including the hospital pharmacy 

New research suggests short-acting asthma inhalers are being overused and long-acting ones are underutilised, especially for Māori and Pacific peoples 

Antibiotics were offloaded from a flight departing Auckland for Samoa because there wasn't enough room in the hold - a move that has drawn criticism from a pharmacist