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Lung Foundation NZ’s Response To Budget 2022

Thursday, 19 May 2022, 7:15 pm | Lung Foundation New Zealand

Lung Foundation New Zealand Tuapapa Pukahukahu Aotearoa understands there are many pressures on government (Pharmac too), especially in 2022. We acknowledge and support the philosophy the government has employed with its response to covid and reducing ... More >>

Pharmac’s Decision To Fund Immunotherapy Treatment Durvalumab (imfinzi) For Stage 3 Lung Cancer Is A Small Step Forward

Wednesday, 16 March 2022, 1:29 pm | Lung Foundation New Zealand

Patient advocacy group, Lung Foundation New Zealand (LFNZ) acknowledges the leaders and clinical advisors at Pharmac and the key people at AstraZeneca for getting durvalumab (imfinzi) across the line. Says, Philip Hope, Chief Executive, This funding decision ... More >>

Pharmac Interim Report Provides Glimmer Of Hope For Meaningful Change

Friday, 3 December 2021, 4:56 pm | Lung Foundation New Zealand

Patient advocacy group, Lung Foundation New Zealand (LFNZ) says the Pharmac report is damning, and it hopes it leads to meaningful change for New Zealand patients. Lung Foundation CEO, Mr Philip Hope, says “Access to healthcare should be a human ... More >>

World Lung Cancer Day: Lung cancer kills five Kiwi every day

Wednesday, 31 July 2019, 4:16 pm | Lung Foundation New Zealand

Auckland, 31 July 2019: Today, five New Zealanders will die from lung cancer. A state that the Lung Foundation New Zealand is calling a national health emergency and one that requires urgent corrective action from the Government. More >>

Call for more investment in harm reduction

Friday, 31 May 2019, 9:15 am | Lung Foundation New Zealand

Auckland, 31 May 2019 – Lung Foundation New Zealand is disappointed on World Smokefree Day that yesterday’s Budget continued to include revenue from tobacco taxes without investing any of those funds into disease prevention. More >>

World Lung Cancer Day: NZ's biggest cancer killer

Wednesday, 1 August 2018, 10:00 am | Lung Foundation New Zealand

Every year for fifty years, lung cancer has killed more New Zealanders than any other cancer More >>

World Cancer Day 4th February 2017

Saturday, 4 February 2017, 8:00 pm | Lung Foundation New Zealand

World Cancer Day 4th February 2017 - Lung Cancer Kills More Kiwis Than Any Other Cancer More >>

Lung Foundation New Zealand officially launched

Thursday, 12 November 2015, 8:50 am | Lung Foundation New Zealand

Lung Foundation New Zealand was officially launched tonight at the Rydges Hotel in Wellington, after hosting a National Lung Health Seminar which featured a key note address by leading Australian Pulmonologist, Dr Lucy Morgan, Dept. of Respiratory ... More >>

 
 
 
 
 

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