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  • Covid recovery or sustainable transformation?

    … Covid pandemic. Here we consider how we can shape policies and programmes to ensure that the recovery from the Covid … according to the UN , for the world to stay within the 1.5°C Paris Agreement goal. Beyond the Paris thresholds lie severe risks, including 20 metres or more of sea level rise and, as David Attenborough states, …
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  • Nine things New Zealand must do to tackle the child obesity crisis

    … Professor Boyd Swinburn A panel of 71 independent and government experts have undertaken an evaluation of New … fattest high income country both for children and adults (1), which means no progress since 2014 (2). It is critical … on the Food-EPI dashboard were rated as having ‘low’ or ‘very little, if any’ implementation in New Zealand …
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  • The Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Bill – a chance to submit on pivotal legislation for health in Aotearoa

    … Bill was introduced into Parliament in October 2021 and a submission process is now underway with a tight 9 … deadline. The Bill introduces major structural changes and will be associated with a suite of new health planning … the Health Coalition Aotearoa submission (when developed); or sharing their ideas, should contact Jenn Lawless at Health …
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  • The arrival of Candida auris in Aotearoa NZ: risk assessment and actions needed

    … we evaluate the risk of C. auris to New Zealanders and outline how best to control its spread. Transmission of … intensive care units and aged residential care facilities. 1 2  Invasive C. auris infections can result from the use of … only causes infections in individuals in hospitals or residential care. Following initial diagnosis, it is …
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  • Australia’s Quarantine Systems Failures: Lessons for NZ

    … Aotearoa NZ and Australian states have successfully eliminated community … world, respectively, by the Lowy Institute in Australia. 1 The rollout of vaccination programmes, starting with border … quarantine system failure as where a border/health worker or person in the community with a link to the …
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  • Is it time to pilot a test and treat programme for reducing the stomach cancer burden and inequalities in NZ?

    … in the international journal  BMC Infectious Diseases  (1). This blog briefly examines how a possible population screening programme, that tests and treats for infection by the bacteria Helicobacter pylori … We defined population screening as a serology blood test (or a faecal antigen test) for the total adult population, …
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  • Testing for COVID-19 in NZ to achieve the elimination goal

    … community as part of the COVID-19 elimination strategy, and to confirm when the virus has been completely eliminated … just recently detailed in a NZ Medical Journal Editorial [1]). We have been fortunate in having political leaders who … and some cases have had no links to other known cases or to overseas travel. But the true number of undetected …
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  • More courage needed from our political parties—reviewing our election series

    … political parties stand on issues that impact the health and wellbeing of our population. In this article we review … research and evidence which drives good policy solutions. 1 The Public Health Communication Centre’s main aim is to … Party , under its agricultural policy, would remove or minimise a number of policies introduced to reduce the …
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  • Sustained Resilience: the impact of nuclear war on New Zealand and how to mitigate catastrophe

    … mere survival. We detail these risks of societal failure and conclude with a set of first steps NZ could take to … was not all a dream. / The bright sun was extinguish’d, and the stars / Did wander darkling in the eternal space” … there were global trade disruptions. In a severe nuclear (or volcanic, or asteroid) winter key infrastructure in the …
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  • Does healthy food really cost more?

    … This blog post looks at some of the different metrics and suggests that we need to consider several of them to get … measure the cost of healthy versus unhealthy foods. Table 1 outlines commonly used metrics and summarises the pros and … and second lowest for ‘foods and drinks high in fat and/or sugar’. The authors concluded that healthier foods and …
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