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  • Why Māori and Pacific babies are larger, longer – and leaner

    • March 4, 2020
    • Posted by: Moana Research
    • Category: News Article, Research
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  • Big Data Can Improve the Health of the World’s Most Vulnerable: Mothers and Children

    • October 31, 2019
    • Posted by: Evo Leota
    • Category: News Article
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    Big Data Improving the lives of Mother and Children

    Travelling recently through Southeast Asia and East Africa, I have been both amazed and appalled by how big data and other digital innovations are changing people’s lives—or not.

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  • New research to get a better night’s sleep for tamariki

    • October 10, 2019
    • Posted by: Evo Leota
    • Category: News Article, Press Release
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    Newborn Baby

    A new strategic research project with the aim of improving sleep for pepi and their whanau has been awarded $1.7 million over three years by A Better Start National Science Challenge. As well as improving sleep, this project also aims to reduce excessive weight gain in young tamariki (0-2 years), and to improve wellbeing among tamariki and their caregivers.

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  • Responding to Pasifika needs with ‘A Better Start E Tipu e Rea’

    • April 4, 2019
    • Posted by: Moana Research
    • Category: News Article
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    A passionate group of researchers gathered in Auckland at a Pasifika fono to discuss potential projects within the National Science Challenge A Better Start E Tipu e Rea during the next three to five years.

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  • A new wave of thinking

    • July 30, 2018
    • Posted by: Moana Research
    • Category: News Article
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    An innovative approach to ensuring Pacific families thrive and take the lead in their own wellness journey has seen Moana Research win the Pacific Social Enterprise category at the 2018 National Pacific Business Trust (PBT) Business Awards.

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  • UNICEF says newborn death rates in Pacific a serious concern

    • February 22, 2018
    • Posted by: Moana Research
    • Category: News Article
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    UNICEF says the rate of newborn deaths in Kiribati, Papua New Guinea and the Federated States of Micronesia remains alarmingly high…

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  • NZ to contribute $7m to improve newborn mortality rates in the Pacific

    • February 22, 2018
    • Posted by: Moana Research
    • Category: News Article
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