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Three pēpi lives lost amid whooping cough outbreak
11:25am, Friday 21 April 2023. By Will Trafford
A South Auckland doctor is pleading for hapu māma to get vaccinated against whooping cough, as the area experiences a surge in the disease.
Te Whatu Ora Counties Manukau Health chief medical officer Dr Andrew Connolly says pertussis or whooping cough has taken three pēpi lives so far this year.
The disease is preventable if māma get vaccinated, with the immunity passed on to the baby through the placenta, protecting it for the first year of life.
Connolly expressed concern only 25 percent of māma Māori have received the vaccine so far, compared to 50 percent of pregnant women overall.
Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy has seen an overall drop in vaccinations across the motu but the whooping cough vaccine has been around for years Connolly says...
Three pēpi lives lost amid whooping cough outbreak
11:25am, Friday 21 April 2023. By Will Trafford
A South Auckland doctor is pleading for hapu māma to get vaccinated against whooping cough, as the area experiences a surge in the disease.
Te Whatu Ora Counties Manukau Health chief medical officer Dr Andrew Connolly says pertussis or whooping cough has taken three pēpi lives so far this year.
The disease is preventable if māma get vaccinated, with the immunity passed on to the baby through the placenta, protecting it for the first year of life.
Connolly expressed concern only 25 percent of māma Māori have received the vaccine so far, compared to 50 percent of pregnant women overall.
Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy has seen an overall drop in vaccinations across the motu but the whooping cough vaccine has been around for years Connolly says...