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  • Reducing the health burden from contaminated drinking water in NZ: Opportunities arising from the new Water Services Bill

    … we consider how the new Water Services Bill might provide a framework to enable the new water regulator, Taumata Arowai, to … issued by the Ministry of Health under the Health Act 1956 but there are also clauses in the Resource Management Act …
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  • Government funding of interpreters in Primary Care is needed to ensure quality care

    … It is funded in Primary Care in Auckland and Nelson but not other regions. It became clear that interpreters were needed to enable Primary Care to look after Covid-19 patients in the … in the Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted a number of important issues in our health care system. There has been a …
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  • And now the Brits are doing it: A sugary drink tax levy on the industry

    … its relevance for NZ.  We also take this opportunity to point out some problems with a recent NZIER Report on … >8 grams/100mL   Encourages product reformulation to reduce sugar content to below the threshold More complex than … sugary drinks. The results suggested that Mechanism 1 was important, and will – we estimated – reduce obesity rates by …
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  • How to best describe NZ’s border control problems around COVID-19 with a possible typology

    … phrases can frame how issues are considered and the extent to which they imply the need for a corrective response to … need to improve pandemic terminology in the NZ context. 1 But of particular concern is the need to reach some agreement … between returnees. Identifying hazards is particularly important for the SARS-CoV-2 virus where most transmissions …
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  • Illicit tobacco trade and the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Goal: Arguments and evidence

    … The NZ Government has published proposals for an Action Plan to achieve the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Goal. This blog is one … long-term strategy, the Action Plan should progressively reduce demand for all tobacco products, to the extent that an …
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  • Strong public support for healthy food policies in Aotearoa

    … New Zealand, poor-quality food contributes significantly to diseases like cancer, heart disease, and diabetes, … 84% of New Zealanders support government intervention to reduce the cost of healthy food. Additionally, 73% back free … programme; and introducing a sugary drinks tax. It is important that this kind of research is conducted and clearly …
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  • Dietary counselling – how effective and cost-effective is it?

    … will have potentially (much) larger gains, and due to substantial reductions in obesity-related disease it is … or manage obesity-related diseases such as diabetes) but also to address risk factors for cardiovascular disease … that: “interventions most likely to produce clinically important weight loss are those that provide high-intensity …
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  • We need rapid progress on digital solutions to help eliminate COVID-19 from New Zealand

    … some of the emerging technologies New Zealand could adopt to support the country’s COVID-19 elimination strategy. We … (2). While the NZ Government is being overloaded with proposals for new digital solutions (2), the success of the … lead the coordination and integration of digital solutions but addressing this pandemic requires an all-of-government, …
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  • What’s the right Covid-19 risk to live with – an Australian perspective

    … scenarios that can help us decide what’s the right risk to tolerate.   As Australia inches up  its vaccine rollout , … its borders to international arrivals without quarantine. But, with respect, this is the wrong way to look at it. Vaccination coverage is very important, but so too are a number of other factors; the …
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  • The policy bonfire of environment protection: 10 examples that threaten public health

    … Summary Examined together, the new Government’s approach to environmental policy shows a clear pattern towards … protections from environmental policies not only reduce the risk of harm but restoration of the natural … of landscapes [12] . Additionally, wetlands provide important “cleaning” of polluted water as they can remove …
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