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cord-282404-e8md9ein	McLeod, Melissa	COVID‐19: we must not forget about Indigenous health and equity	2020-07-06		.txt	text/plain	2899	191	52	1 However, a looming crisis of Māori (Indigenous peoples of New Zealand) health and equity appeared to have had little attention from decisionmakers should our elimination strategy fail. There is major concern among those working in Māori health about the disproportionately negative impact a COVID-19 pandemic is likely to have on Māori communities in the event of widespread illness (www.uruta. 44 In addition, institutionalised racism impacts Māori health and inequities through the underlying values and structuring of our health system, 45 Figure 2 : Age-specific rates of (for example) congestive heart failure (left) and chronic pulmonary disease (right), for Māori and European ethnic groups. In addition, real-time modelling, monitoring and rapid analysis of data using high quality ethnicity data underpinned by principles of Indigenous Data Sovereignty, 53 is required across multiple levels including case numbers and rates, transmission, severity and access to and quality of care (including the performance of public health responses), to inform and assess intervention strategies for Māori.	./cache/cord-282404-e8md9ein.txt	./txt/cord-282404-e8md9ein.txt