Jo Millar speaks out on need for Shingles Vaccine Funding for seniors.

"Every time a person spends three or four days in hospital, that's an immense cost to the health system. It's also debilitating for the person and it's a stress and a strain for the families of those people."

Millar said she could not understand why New Zealand did not fund the vaccine more widely, especially when compared to other countries such as Australia, the United Kingdom and Canada.

The Australian government boasted of having one of the world's "most comprehensive and widely available vaccination programs", including everyone aged 65 years old and over, First Nations people 50 years and over and immunocompromised people over 18.

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