Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Apr 2022
8,700 more Pacific peoples need treatment to prevent gout each year to achieve equity
11 April 2022 - PHARMAC has released the Pacific peoples health – Gout data insights report today.
The report shows that, while the prevalence of gout in Pacific peoples continues to climb, access to preventive gout medicine remains inequitable.
The latest insights shows that Pacific peoples aged 20 years and older are about three times more likely to live with gout when compared to non-Māori, non-Pacific peoples.
