Te ORA and Te Oranga concerned that Māori will not be able to afford student fees to become medical doctors Te Ohu Rata o Aotearoa - Māori Medical Practitioners Association (Te ORA) and Te Oranga - Māori Medical Students Aotearoa is concerned that the current cap of...

Articles include: International Scholarship The International Scholarship Award is funded through the ACEM Foundation and is presented to doctors and other health professionals from developing nations to support them in attending and presenting at the ACEM Annual...

Dr Rawiri Jansen is interviewed in Ngā Korero No. 21 (May 2015) about the renewed focus of Te ORA. Te Ohu Rata o Aotearoa (Te ORA), New Zealand’s Māori Medical Practitioners’ Association, has come into 2015 with a sharpened focus on its role within the New Zealand...

Dr George Laking is an Oncologist. Here he explains how American Pharmaceutical Companies could use the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement  to extend the patent period for their drugs in New Zealand  before  cheaper generic versions can be distributed.  Having Cancer...

Yesterday, Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) received confirmation from the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) that it has succeeded in obtaining the new Māori Centre of Research Excellence (CoRE) Funding. The announcement by the Minister, the Hon Steven Joyce, means...

The LIME Network publishes a Newsletter in March, July and November to encourage information sharing between LIME Network members, celebrate successes in Indigenous health and highlight information relevant to Indigenous and non-Indigenous health educators, health...

Please click on the link for the latest update on Children’s Action Plan direction and progress: click here.  We encourage you to circulate this email and link amongst your colleagues and networks. If you have any comments or questions for us, want to join Chatter...

Nepal update Chris Curry has put together an overview of the situation in Nepal following the devastating earthquake, including the best way to help. ACEM sends its best wishes to everyone affected by the disaster, including our friends and colleagues Dr Ramesh...

In this issue of Medical Council News, we look at outcomes and initiatives from the Council’s planning day, our discussion paper Better Data – the benefits to the profession and the public, Council’s revised Statement on advertising, doctors’ responsibilities around...

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