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  • New study on going smokefree – major economic gains for NZ society with manageable costs for government

    … government plans to repeal). In addition to immense health gains identified previously, the new study found that … perversely relying on tobacco tax. Given both the major health and economic gains to NZ citizens from this smokefree … of Population and Global Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Samantha Howe , Population Interventions Unit, The …
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  • Transport, carbon emission reduction and health- the possibility of a virtuous circle?

    … Shaw and Simon Hales reflect on the weak evidence on health co-benefits for some ‘big’ environmental policies, but … ‘no-brainer’ actions that can be taken now with likely health and environmental co-benefit. They have recently published a systematic review “Health Co-Benefits of Climate Change Mitigation Policies in …
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  • Mounting complexities in the dietary salt & health relationship

    … A large prospective study on dietary salt and health has recently been reported in the New England Journal … work that a (very) high intake of salt is hazardous to health – an increased hazard was also found for low intakes … IMPORTANT.]   The overall evidence around salt and harm to health (as outlined in two recent systematic reviews (1, 2)) …
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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 … a strong relationship between the public, private and civil society sectors is pivotal’ (emphasis … and catalyse collaborative efforts, for example with Australia and Pacific neighbours. If each country acts …
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  • Preparing for Omicron: A proactive Government response is urgently needed to minimise harms

    … of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 to minimise harms to health and the economy. The first urgent priority is to … strategy will favour adjustments to existing public health and social measures to ‘flatten the curve’ and … services as is being seen overseas. The experience of Australia probably provides the best example of what NZ can …
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  • To ensure success of the trans-Tasman travel “green zone”, we need to reduce system failures at the NZ border

    … forthcoming quarantine-free “green zone” between NZ and Australia provides an opportunity for NZ to benchmark its … government officials, science advisors, iwi [3], health workers, border workers and indeed the whole “Team of … of transmission via surfaces [14] [15]. Border facility health worker infected (September 2020) A single worker This …
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  • Aotearoa New Zealand’s unhealthy food environment needs more policy action

    … area for improving population nutrition and diet-related health conditions. Food policies can improve food … products. We were impressed that almost all supermarket private label products displayed a HSR regardless of product … a budget – our analysis of supermarket branded products (private labels) compared to similar branded label products …
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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 … a well-functioning community and enable basic social, health, economic and environmental goals to be achieved. Tax … the top NZ tax rate is 39% on income over $180,000. In Australia, those with over $A180,000 pay 45% on the income …
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  • Taxing tobacco in NZ: What we know and what could be next

    … by switching to cheaper brands rather than quitting. Large health gains from tobacco tax increases NZ research published in 2015 (5) indicates large health gains from ongoing 10% annual tobacco tax rises until … NZ population ( see this blog for further details ). These health gains do not seem to be threatened by trends in …
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  • Potential for an avian influenza pandemic: Time for NZ to ramp up preparedness

    … pandemic responses, notably the effective use of public health and social measures (PHSM) to delay entry and … (IHR) and Pandemic Accord. Strengthening cooperation with Australia (which is building new vaccine facilities) and … Background to the global rise in A(H5N1) influenza History of influenza pandemics Despite public sentiment, we …
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