The Maui Clinic in Hornby is now offering COVID-19 paediatric vaccinations – allowing the pharmacy and Māori and Pasifika health organisations behind the initiative to provide an even better, welcoming environment for the whole whānau. Pharmacist Lucy Shingleton is the clinical lead at the clinic, which opened in July 2021 as a partnership between Hornby
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Creating a welcoming environment for Pasifika
Samoan community worker, Vailia Afoa-Fui, has put her part-time study on hold to work more hours at a Hornby based COVID-19 vaccination clinic and help protect Canterbury’s Pasifika community. Vailia has worked on reception at the Maui Clinic in the Hornby mall since it opened in July last year. She usually works for the Tangata
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Suli Tuitaupe and his team can often be found at church, running health and wellness programmes for his community where they congregate. “We need to know our communities in order to work with them, so it’s essential to go to them rather than them coming to us,” says Suli. “It’s important to understand how our
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