52581 (2024). Teanau Tuiono to the Minister for Pacific Peoples

52581 (2024). Teanau Tuiono to the Minister for Pacific Peoples: What joint initiatives, if any, have been developed by with the Minister for Child Poverty Reduction to address high rates of hospitalisation for Pacific children due to acute rheumatic fever??

Hon Dr Shane Reti: I am advised that the Ministry for Pacific Peoples participates in several public health surveillance working groups that are relevant to Pacific children and rheumatic fever risk factors which include colleagues from ESR, Ministry of Health, Health New Zealand and the Health Quality and Safety Commission.