Why the budget should treat public health like transport – vital infrastructure with long-term economic benefits
- Written by Johanna Reidy, Lecturer, Department of Public Health, University of Otago
ShutterstockThe global pandemic might have revealed the importance of robust public health infrastructure, but we still have trouble grasping the vital need to invest in it.
An analogy might help. Wellington’s recently opened Transmission Gully motorway shortens journeys from the Kāpiti Coast to the city by up to 15 minutes. First...
