Fijian

Na cava na Maurice Wilkins Centre? (What is the Maurice Wilkins Centre?)

Na Maurice Wilkins Centre e dua na ilawalawa dauvakadidike era vakadidike ena I nakinaki me vakavinakataka cake na bula kei na taucoko ni bula e Aotearoa kei na kena taudaku. Na ilawalawa oqo e yavutaki mai na dua na ilawalawa cokovata ni kenadau ena vakadidike ni bula, ka cakacaka vata me vukea na sala me vakacokotaki kina na bulabula ni yago ka walia na veikabibi ni bula era sotava na Māori kei na Pasifika e Aotearoa.

The Maurice Wilkins Centre is a community of scientists that do research with the aim to improve health and wellbeing in Aotearoa and beyond. This community is built from a collaborative network of experts in health research, working together to develop ways to improve health and address health inequities faced by Māori and Pacific communities in Aotearoa.

Na cava eda cakava? (What do we do?)

Na ka bibi ena vakadidike nei Maurice Wilkins Centre na kenisa, mate veitauvi, kei na mate tale ga e dau vakaleqa na cakacaka vinaka ni yagoda mevaka na matenisuka kei na “gout”. Keitou na saga talega me veitaratara kei na itikotiko raraba me vukea kina na kilaka ni wali totolo ni veimate eso ka vakalevutaka na kena kilai na veika me vaka na itatarovi, kena kilai taumada na mate, kei na vakatorocaketaki ni veiqaravi vou. Keitou liutaka na vakadidike me wali kina na veika bibi ni bula e sotava na Māori kei na Pasifika e Aotearoa ka vakaitavi vata kei ira na ilawalawa oqo me ra tiki ni ilakolako ni vakadidike. E dua vei ira na takete nei Maurice Wilkins Centre o ya me vakatorocaketaki ka tuberi ira na dauvakadidike gone, ka ra noda iliuliu ni vakadidike ena veisiga ni mataka.

Maurice Wilkins Centre research focuses on cancer, infectious diseases, and also diseases that affect our metabolism, such as diabetes and gout. We also drive community outreach to improve health literacy and raise awareness in areas such as vaccination, early diagnosis of diseases, and developing new treatments. We lead research to address significant health inequities faced by Māori and Pacific communities in Aotearoa and engage with these communities to be part of the research journey. One of the Maurice Wilkins Centre’s goals is to develop and train young scientists, who are our future science leaders.

Na cava e bibi kina? (Why does it matter?)

E dua tani na Maurice Wilkins Centre ni kauti ira vata mai na kenadau ena dauvakadidike mai na veivanua kece sara ni vakadidike ni bula me tarai cake kina na iyaya ni cakacaka veivakauqeti ni valuta na mate kei na kena vakavinakataki cake na bula raraba me baleta kece sara na noda itikotiko raraba e Aotearoa. Na iwalewale cokovata kei na duavata oqo e okati kina e vica na dauvakadidike ni Māori kei na Pasifika era liutaka na vakadidike ena veivanua e tarai keda vakavuniwai. Mai na cakacaka vata vakaitikotiko eda vakasaqara kina na sala vinaka cake ni cakacaka vata ka vakavuna na veika yaga ena noda vakadewataka na macala ni vakadidike

The Maurice Wilkins Centre is unique in that we bring together expert scientists from all areas of health research to develop innovative tools for fighting disease and improving overall health for all our communities in Aotearoa. This collaborative and unified approach includes several Māori and Pacific scientists leading research in areas that specifically affect our health. Through community collaborations we look for better ways to work together and create benefits by communicating research outcomes.