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100 new health coaches to help Pasifika with diabetes in south Auckland

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100 Pacific health coaches will be trained to help prevent and treat diabetes in south Auckland. The placements will be funded as part of a $20 million Budget package announced last week. But the Diabetes Foundation Aotearoa says it isn't enough to address the sheer scale of the problem. There are now 47,988 people with the disease in Counties Manukau alone - about 10% of the district's population.

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100 new health coaches to help Pasifika with diabetes in south Auckland

The health coaches are part of $20m Budget funding to prevent and treat diabetes, which affects more than 15,000 Pacific people in Counties Manukau.

1 month ago·New Zealand

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