12 Sep 2019

Health provider says social environment key to NCDs

From , 3:01 pm on 12 September 2019

A New Zealand-based health manager says when addressing diabetes and obesity, people must first look at social determinants.

Lemalu Silao Vaisola-Sefo is the chief executive of South Seas Healthcare in Auckland.

He wants more discussion around related issues such as housing, gambling, poverty which can impact on Pasifika families and their health.

SouthSeas CEO Lemalu Silao Vaisola-Sefo.

SouthSeas CEO Lemalu Silao Vaisola-Sefo. Photo: Supplied