Unichem Russell St pharmacy will be basking in the glory of receiving the Supreme Hawke's Bay Health Award for a while yet.
The development of a respiratory "warrant of fitness" tool aimed at helping Māori and Pacific Island children breathe better, won the supreme award at the Hawke's Bay Health Awards recently.
"It was a large team effort. We were ecstatic about the win as it's a big win for pharmacy in general. We didn't think we would win at all, there were so many great projects that deserved to win much more than a small community pharmacy," said Alex Chan, Russell St pharmacist.
The initiative was developed in partnership with The Doctors Hastings, a clinical advisory pharmacist from Health Hawke's Bay, and Breathe Hawke's Bay.
Having had asthma as a child but not finding out until he was at university, Chan wanted to do something to help the cause.