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New Zealand First Aims to Shift Healthcare Focus with Prevention-Driven Plan
New Zealand First has released its 'Make NZ Healthy' plan, aiming to shift the country's healthcare focus from treating illness to preventing it.
The party claims that New Zealand is experiencing an 'epidemic of chronic illness' that overloads hospitals and puts pressure on the economy.
According to the policy document, the current approach to healthcare is unsustainable and that a bold shift in thinking is needed.
The plan includes several key pledges, such as embedding good nutrition into the New Zealand Curriculum, funding research into how nutrition can prevent or treat mental illness, and investing in hospital trials of intravenous vitamin C for treating infection.