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Keeping Momentum To Reach Smokefree Aotearoa 2025
Tuesday, 31 May 2022, 7:03 am | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation of New Zealand
New Zealand has made real progress towards building a Smokefree Aotearoa, but more urgent efforts are needed to achieve this goal by 2025 says the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation of New Zealand (ARFNZ). ARFNZ Chief Executive Letitia Harding says the ... More >>
Online Asthma Classroom Launched In Te Reo
Monday, 23 May 2022, 9:46 am | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation of New Zealand
The Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ (ARFNZ) is today launching its successful online Sailor Digital Classroom for primary schools in te reo Māori. Heremana te Kōpūtōtara Mātauranga Huangō was funded by Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori (the ... More >>
ARFNZ And Respiratory Specialists Welcome New Funding For Preventative RSV Medicine
Thursday, 19 May 2022, 10:34 am | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation of New Zealand
The Asthma and Respiratory Foundation New Zealand, paediatricians and respiratory specialists are welcoming Pharmac’s decision to widen access to a medication which will help to protect vulnerable infants from a serious respiratory virus this winter. ... More >>
ARFNZ Welcomes Research Findings Into New 2 In 1 Asthma Inhaler Combination
Wednesday, 18 May 2022, 1:33 pm | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation of New Zealand
The Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ (ARFNZ) is welcoming the release of world-leading research showing that a new combination 2 in 1 inhaler, significantly reduces the risk of severe asthma attacks. The recently published study is the latest finding ... More >>
Be Prepared For Flu Season 2022
Monday, 16 May 2022, 1:38 pm | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation of New Zealand
The Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ is advising the 700,000 New Zealanders with respiratory conditions to be well prepared for a potentially tough winter ahead. "With ongoing Covid-19 infections, new strains of winter flu entering the country ... More >>
Pulse Energy Powering Up Support Of Asthma And Respiratory Foundation NZ
Monday, 9 May 2022, 9:45 am | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation of New Zealand
With winter on its way, the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ (ARFNZ) is thrilled to announce that Pulse Energy is now a Gold Sponsor of its Friends of the Foundation programme. Having a warm, dry home is essential to good respiratory health and ARFNZ ... More >>
Urgent Action Needed To Close The Gaps In New Zealand's Asthma Care
Tuesday, 3 May 2022, 9:05 am | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation of New Zealand
The Asthma and Respiratory Foundation of New Zealand is calling for urgent action this World Asthma Day to address significant inequalities in asthma care experienced by Māori, Pacific peoples and those living in poverty. The theme of World Asthma ... More >>
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 >>
