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  • Community clinic focuses on Pacific people
    A week-long COVID-19 vaccination clinic got under way on 16 August with the focus very much on the Pasifika community.
  • Vaccinations for homeless at river site
    Vaccination team take it to the river as homeless site is set up
  • Te Tohu Rangatira - Whanganui Health Quality Awards
    Entries extended till 31 December, so click here to get your entry in
  • COVID-19 vaccine rollout reaches halfway mark
    The Whanganui region’s vaccine rollout passed a significant milestone on 7 September -- the halfway point
  • Wheels the way to go for vaccine drive
    “Coming to a street or park near you” – that’s the message from the Whanganui COVID-19 vaccination team as it ramps up plans for mobile delivery of the vaccine.
  • MP’s tasty tribute to health workers
    Health workers got a treat when Whanganui MP Steph Lewis turned up for her second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Public Health Centre

WDHB's Public Health Centre staff work towards improving the health of communities and reducing inequalities in health status for Whanganui district residents.

Activities are focused around the social and physical environments in which we live, as well as on programmes to develop more healthy outcomes.

The Public Health Centre has a number of specific service area contracts through the Ministry of Health, Whanganui District Health Board and Child, Youth and Family.

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