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  • Tax policy reform: equity, fairness, and health

    … effectively with a daunting range of economic, social, health and climate change crises . Our tax system does not … tax system - disclosure and public access to tax-related information. Tax is critical to creating the world we want. … a well-functioning community and enable basic social, health, economic and environmental goals to be achieved. Tax …
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  • Parliamentary voting for smokefree over two decades: Implications for future progress

    … The recent repeal of a key law to reduce the enormous health and economic burden from tobacco in Aotearoa NZ is a health, health equity, and economic tragedy. It occurred despite …
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  • Period Drama: How to Address Period Poverty in Aotearoa

    … people who menstruate 1 . Period poverty is a public health and health equity issue that must be effectively … subsidise period products 2 claiming there was not enough information to show they offered a therapeutic benefit or … a lot more than cheap pads, it is about viewing effective management of periods as a public health issue and addressing …
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  • Protecting New Zealand children from the developing Omicron outbreak

    … In this blog we outline what is needed to protect the health and wellbeing of children (ie, those under 18 years) … Omicron variant needs to be taken seriously as a public health threat because of the way it is causing explosive … various literacy levels and impairment challenges. Information can be made available in multiple languages and …
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  • We need rapid progress on digital solutions to help eliminate COVID-19 from New Zealand

    … of the COVID-19 pandemic has quickly overwhelmed existing health systems in affected countries. Most countries are … and implement an effective response. On 2 April, the World Health Organization hosted a high-level meeting between … digital solution that will integrate the COVID-19 testing information with National Health Index information (2). While …
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  • Current and future generations must flourish: Time for a long-term and global perspective on pandemic and other catastrophic risks

    … some ideas for what could be included in the Ministry of Health’s LTIB. Overview of our just published research paper … the Briefings is to make available into the public domain: information about medium and long-term trends, risks and … response… a multi-stakeholder coordinated approach to risk management and resilience-building… a strong relationship …
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  • Regulator failure on nitrate in drinking water dumps escalating costs on those downstream

    … standards for nitrate pollution and publicly available information suggests more could follow.  Last year, … own 2020 drinking water targets in its Canterbury Water Management Strategy for drinking water quality. 5 The … 0.3 and 1.0   mg/L. 7 Importantly, the MAV is a human health limit, not a limit that should be applied to the …
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  • Smartphone apps for weight loss and smoking cessation

    … that tried to answer that question from a NZ public health perspective. In this blog we discuss what we found and … individuals need support to change. Rapid evolution of Information & Communication Technology (ICT) offers ever more … also noted NZ work on smartphone-mediated cardiovascular management [8,9]. But in particular we reported that there is …
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  • Urgent action needed to prevent a measles epidemic in Aotearoa New Zealand

    … to strengthen epidemic response capacity across the public health, healthcare, and educational sectors. Aotearoa New … across the country, including procedures to ensure safe management of cases presenting in healthcare and educational … Public Health Communication Centre Appendix: Additional information on measles epidemiology, prevention, and control …
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  • What public health lessons can NZ still learn from the United States?

    … The United States has many major health problems – including declining life expectancy and an exorbitantly expensive health care system. However, the large number of state and … well described [12]. Despite delays and dilution, greater information is given to smokers and the public on tobacco …
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