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Mortality declines in Aotearoa NZ during the first two years of the Covid-19 pandemic
… relatively low compared to other nations. For example, as of 19 February 2022 John Hopkins University reports NZ as having a Covid-19 mortality rate of only 1.08 per 100,000 … Their estimated global total is far higher than the 5.8 million officially reported global Covid-19 deaths. As NZ …
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How much of Māori:European mortality inequalities are due to socioeconomic position and tobacco?
… of another intervention that will reduce inequalities by as much. “How much of ethnic inequalities in health are due … pathways from data we observe only once, i.e. history as it unfolded”. However, these questions are so important – … – as measured at the census at the beginning of the 3 to 5 year follow up of each of the 1981, 1996 and 2006 …
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Perspective: The NZ Health Research Strategy Discussion Document – much scope for improvement
… done by internationally well-recognised researchers in NZ. As noted in the Discussion Document , NZ health research … health with much research into ethnic health inequalities. As per the relatively low corruption ratings for NZ (as per … the biggest drivers for improving health internationally (5-7). Also in some of the topic areas in which University of …
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Tackling housing instability for LGBTIQ+ people in Aotearoa
… of housing instability. Housing needs to be viewed as a human right. At a minimum, we need political changes such as greater enforcement of the Healthy Homes Standards and … those experiencing homelessness, despite only comprising 5-10% of the general population. 1 LGBTIQ+ people experience …
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Protecting fresh waterways in Aotearoa/NZ: The strong Public Health case
… mahinga kai uses (cultural importance and food security); (5) facilitating safe recreational water use; (6) minimising … protecting waterways to the Ministry for the Environment, as part of a current consultation process which ends on 31 … document, titled “Action for healthy waterways” [1]. As part of developing a submission on this document, we …
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Highlights of the World Conference on Tobacco or Health
… New Zealand can still learn a lot from other countries as we move to the adoption of a full range of … of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) and as expected, implementation of the FCTC globally was a key … to Follow Up from the Posting Tobacco Control Atlas (5 th Edition) FCTC site at WHO South East Asia Tobacco …
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Contradictions surround Government’s move to slash tax on heated tobacco products
… there was no evidence to support heated tobacco products as smoking cessation tools. Ms Costello described the move as a “trial”. However, she had previously criticised … to the many harms caused by their smoked tobacco products. 5 6 Heated tobacco products Heated tobacco products …
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Regulation of alcohol marketing is needed to meet health, wellbeing and equity goals
… hazardous drinkers. 1 The harm that results is social as well as physical and is distributed inequitably, 2,3 contributing … afford Māori active protection from alcohol-related harm, 5. Our failure to protect children, 6. Strong public support …
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Public health priorities in this election year
… for decision-makers to act. These are all areas where we as a society have a choice about the path we take. In some critical areas, such as New Zealand's new smoke-free policies, we are world … The other issues highlight stark choices in areas such as creating a more or less fair society and a more or less …
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“Achieving Smokefree Aotearoa by 2025”: a new Action Plan to achieve our smokefree goal
… goal of reducing smoked tobacco use to less than 5%, and as close as possible to 0%, by December 2025. The goal applies to all …
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