by ccisupport | Sep 20, 2022 | COVID, Media
Full Story: https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2018859506/long-covid-adds-strain-to-chronic-fatigue-support-services Long Covid has added strain to support services for those suffering from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, amid calls for the condition...
by ccisupport | Sep 20, 2022 | Media
Full story: https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018859472/getting-chronic-fatigue-recognised-as-an-disability A petition being read in Parliament today is urging the Government to recognise chronic fatigue as a disability in order to be...
by ccisupport | Sep 9, 2022 | Media
Long-Term Conditions Virtual Forum 2022 Recorded On 11 Aug 2022 11:30 AM Recording can be found here: HEALTH NAVIGATOR The ongoing burden of long Covid will be one of this generation’s disability challenges, Paula Tesoriero, the Disability Rights Commissioner...
by ccisupport | Aug 25, 2022 | Media
A man’s final words have inspired a dedicated fund to tackle a debilitating health condition. Zascha Mann died in 2021 after a long struggle with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis. His poignant final message urged people to...
by ccisupport | Aug 19, 2022 | Media
ME / CFS is currently classified as a chronic illness which creates limitations with the support people effected by the illness are able to access. This week the Associated New Zealand ME Society submitted a petition to Parliament calling for ME / CFS to be...
by ccisupport | Jun 1, 2022 | Media
Tens of thousands of New Zealanders have Long Covid. Soon, they’ll seek care from a crunched health system unequipped to help them and financial support from a Government which has closed its wallet, Marc Daalder reports This is not just a health crisis, set to...
