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Highlighting Gaps In New Zealand's Asthma Care This World Asthma Day - Aotearoa Te Rā Whakaarohia Te Huangō
Tuesday, 26 April 2022, 11:07 am | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation of New Zealand
The Asthma and Respiratory Foundation New Zealand will be shining a light on the gaps in New Zealand's asthma care this World Asthma Day, Tuesday 3 May. World Asthma Day is an international campaign run by the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA), ... More >>
Huge Jump In Self-reported Health Status Of Families Provided With Heat Pumps
Wednesday, 13 April 2022, 6:32 am | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation of New Zealand
A recent report by EECA (the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority) on its Warmer Kiwi Homes programme has found that families who were provided with heat pumps, experienced a dramatic improvement in their health. The proportion of respondents ... More >>
Wellington Man Completes 21 Half-marathons In 21 Weeks To Raise Funds For Asthma And Respiratory Foundation NZ
Thursday, 10 March 2022, 9:41 am | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation of New Zealand
Shane Ross, 56, of Upper Hutt, has been running a half-marathon each week since October last year, and will be completing his final run this Saturday (12 March) from 7.30am in Remutaka Forest Park. Shane is running to raise funds and awareness ... More >>
Great News That Teen Smoking Is Dropping - But We Still Need To Address The Vapes
Thursday, 3 March 2022, 9:16 am | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation of New Zealand
The Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ (ARFNZ) welcomes the release of the ASH Year 10 Snapshot Survey, and the finding that daily smoking among Year 10 students now stands at just 1.3%, down from 2% two years ago. "This is good news, and ... More >>
Healthy Lungs More Important Than Ever - So Why Put Smoke, Vape Or Cannabis In Them?
Friday, 4 February 2022, 7:18 am | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation of New Zealand
The Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ (ARFNZ) is urging people to look after their lungs as Omicron hits communities. A new University of Otago study has found that prolonged cannabis use led to over-inflated lungs and increased the resistance ... More >>
Pandemic Drives Frontline Health Professionals’ Demand For Continued Respiratory Education
Friday, 28 January 2022, 6:04 am | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation of New Zealand
The Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ (ARFNZ) is seeing soaring demand for its Asthma and COPD Fundamentals eLearning course for health professionals. Registrations for the course have risen by over 100% between 2020 and 2021. The Fundamentals course ... More >>
Back-to-school Period Means More Respiratory Risk For Children
Wednesday, 26 January 2022, 10:15 am | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation of New Zealand
With Omicron in our communities, and all of New Zealand under red traffic light settings, schools are preparing to welcome back our tamariki with extra health and safety measures in place. These include vaccination, mask wearing from Year 4 upwards, ... More >>
Helping Kiwis Breathe Easy, This Christmas And Beyond
Tuesday, 21 December 2021, 9:10 am | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation of New Zealand
As we head into the festive season after a long and challenging year, the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ (ARFNZ) is encouraging Kiwis to stay safe and look after their respiratory health this summer. "With COVID now in the community ... More >>
Smoke From Scrub Fire A Risk In The Far North
Monday, 20 December 2021, 11:40 am | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation of New Zealand
The Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ (ARFNZ) is urging anyone with a respiratory condition who has been evacuated from the Kaimaumau area to be careful about smoke, and to stay indoors as far as possible, with the active fire currently burning across ... More >>
Smokefree 2025 Action Plan A Breath Of Fresh Air For Aotearoa
Thursday, 9 December 2021, 2:30 pm | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation of New Zealand
The Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ (ARFNZ) welcomes the announcement of the Government’s Smokefree 2025 Action Plan. The measures announced include the age for buying tobacco being raised each year, meaning people who are 14 or under now ... More >>
Children With Poorly Controlled Asthma At Increased Risk From COVID-19, Study Finds
Monday, 6 December 2021, 1:12 pm | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation of New Zealand
A new study from Scotland shows that children with poorly controlled asthma are up to 6 times more likely to be hospitalised with COVID-19 compared to other children. The study, published in The Lancet, looked at COVID infection and hospital admission ... More >>
Life Education Trust Joins Forces With Asthma And Respiratory Foundation To Tackle Youth Vaping
Friday, 19 November 2021, 7:23 am | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation of New Zealand
The Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ (ARFNZ) is delighted to announce a partnership with Life Education Trust NZ (LET), with the aim of fighting the teen vaping epidemic. The recent ‘Vaping in NZ youth survey’, undertaken by ARFNZ and the Secondary ... More >>
World COPD Day Highlights Health Inequities In NZ
Tuesday, 16 November 2021, 7:58 am | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation of New Zealand
Tomorrow (Wednesday 17 November) is World COPD Day. This international day is about raising awareness around Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, or COPD. For 2021, the theme is "Healthy Lungs - Never More Important". COPD is a major problem ... More >>
Alarming Results From NZ’s Biggest Ever Youth Vaping Survey
Monday, 1 November 2021, 6:56 am | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation of New Zealand
JOINT MEDIA RELEASE WITH THE SECONDARY PRINCIPALS' ASSOCIATION OF NZ (SPANZ) The results of a major survey looking at the vaping habits of secondary school students have been released today (Monday 1 November). The survey found that: - 26% of students ... More >>
Worldwide Time Trends In Children’s Asthma Show Severe Asthma Rates Decreasing In NZ
Friday, 29 October 2021, 12:02 pm | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation of New Zealand
The Global Asthma Network (GAN) has released the results of its Phase 1 study, which shows how the worldwide burden of children’s asthma symptoms is changing. The report, published in The Lancet today (Friday 29 October), includes brand new data showing ... More >>
Asthma Education Goes Online To Fight Health Inequity
Monday, 18 October 2021, 9:07 am | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation of New Zealand
The Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ (ARFNZ) today launched the Sailor Digital Classroom, a brand-new free online tool to teach primary school children about asthma. One in seven Kiwi children live with asthma, and unfortunately a large number of ... More >>
Youth19 Findings Show Teen Vaping Is A National Issue
Friday, 15 October 2021, 7:12 am | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation of New Zealand
The findings of the Youth19 vaping survey have been published today (Friday 15 October) in the Australia and New Zealand Journal of Public Health . The study surveyed secondary school students on their smoking and vaping habits, and offers a snapshot of how ... More >>
24-hour Runner Tops Fundraising Efforts To Support Better Breathing
Wednesday, 6 October 2021, 10:23 am | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation of New Zealand
Asthma and Respiratory Foundation’s (ARFNZ) annual Breathe Better September campaign wrapped up last week, raising over $15,500 in donations, with a record 267 Better Breathing Heroes taking part. The campaign aims to raise awareness of asthma and ... More >>
Smoke From Commercial Building Fire A Risk In Tauranga
Tuesday, 28 September 2021, 1:58 pm | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation of New Zealand
The Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ (ARFNZ) is urging anyone with a respiratory condition living in the Tauranga area to check whether there are any signs of smoke in their area before venturing outdoors, with an active fire currently burning on ... More >>
Wellington Man Running 24 Hours Non-stop To Raise Respiratory Disease Awareness
Monday, 20 September 2021, 7:14 am | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation of New Zealand
Marketing Professor and ultra-marathon runner Nick Ashill is taking on an epic challenge to support the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation’s Breathe Better September campaign. He will be hitting the streets of Wellington and running non-stop for 24 hours from ... More >>
