New Zealand's plan to eliminate HIV transmission ignores deepening inequities in health outcomes for Māori women

  • Written by: Clive Aspin, Associate Dean Māori, Faculty of Health; Senior Lecturer in Health, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
New Zealand's plan to eliminate HIV transmission ignores deepening inequities in health outcomes for Māori womenAIDS

The New Zealand government plans to spend NZ$18 million on becoming the first country to eliminate transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) within a decade.

In a draft action plan launched last week, associate health minister Ayesha Verrall set out key measures to increase prevention and testing, improve access to treatment and...

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