CPAG Welcomes Moves to Protect Children Through Folic Acid Fortification
The addition of folic acid to all non-organic bread-making wheat flour will reduce the incidence of birth defects which can cause life-long disability.
Call For Widespread Implementation of the Healthy Homes Initiative - Shown to Reduce Rates of Children Admitted to Hospital.
Making housing healthy under the Healthy Homes Initiative meant fewer GP visits and fewer admissions to hospital for children and fewer medicines dispensed.
Poverty to Blame for Escalating Respiratory Illness and Unvaccinated Children
Child Poverty Action Group applauds the recent spotlight on children’s health by the New Zealand Herald.
CPAG Calls for Free Dental and Health Care For All Young People Under 18 Years
“Research shows that adolescence is one of two periods that are critically important for social and physical development, the other being pre-conception to 3 years of age.”
CPAG Welcomes He Ara Oranga: Report of the Government Inquiry Into Mental Health and Addiction
Too many families and whānau experience barriers, such as cost and limited service availability, as well as not meeting specific criteria to accessing timely and age-appropriate mental health care.
CPAG Looks Forward to Enhanced Mental Health and Addiction Services
Any approach to improving mental health outcomes need a strong focus on reducing poverty and deprivation for pregnant women, young children and their families.
Too Soon for the Tooth Fairy: New Report From CPAG
Chronic poor physical health in children can lead to problems lasting into adulthood, and poor dental health is no exception to the rule.
Warm Congratulations to Professor Innes Asher
Professor Asher, a committee member and health spokesperson for CPAG for 20 years, on Tuesday received the New Zealand Medical Association’s Chair’s Award for 2017.
Child Poverty Should Be a Key Focus for Inquiry Into Mental Health and Addictions
It is vital that this Inquiry addresses child poverty as a preventable cause of mental health problems.
Poverty in Childhood Linked to Mental Health Problems: New Report
It is time to stop putting the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff as a solution. Child poverty is a clear contributor to mental health problems.
Priorities for Health Policy
CPAG believes it is possible to halve the number of these hospital admissions, and in addition reduce the chances of preventable illness harming our tamariki in the long term.
New Health Targets for Children Welcomed
The creation of this new target signifies the Government is acknowledging the underlying causative issues for preventable childhood health problems, including poverty.
Hospitalisations Linked to Poverty Must Be Reduced
There are more than 40,000 hospital admissions of children in New Zealand every year with illnesses that often have their roots in poverty and unhealthy housing.
Support for UCAN NZ Health Charter
The link between poverty and poor mental and physical health among children, whose opportunities to thrive are compromised, is very real.
Doctors and Families Embrace Free Doctor Visits for Under-13s
Significantly reducing the number of hospital admissions for preventable illness among children should be a national goal.
Praise for Progressive Move by Hawke’s Bay DHB
CPAG applauds the visionary step taken by this district to direct funding to extending free general health visits for all children until they turn 18.