July 07, 2015
Economics enters Maori health debate
Microorganisms and macroeconomics are on the agenda at the third Maori Public Health Symposium being held at Te Papa in Wellington today.
Public Health Association chief executive Warren Lindberg says there are now a lot of Maori working in health who are starting to make their mark.
He says while the hui will get the latest research on issues like tobacco, sudden death in infants, obesity and environmental health, it will also hear about how economics and Maori well-being are intertwined.
He says economics set a lot of the patterns of how people live their lives, so Maori ned to think about how they can influence the country’s economic direction.
"When you look at things like inequalities, you need to understand how this is happening, why this is happening, how to intervene, how to make our voice heard in the conversations John Key has when he goes around the world talking to the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank and his mate Barack Obama, so we can join the dots between those big economic decisions and the daily lives of ordinary folk," Mr Lindberg says.
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