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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 … . This obligation includes asking students, children and staff showing signs of communicable diseases to stay at home. … measles outbreaks typically have higher severity than community outbreaks for several reasons. 27 They can lead to …
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  • Urgent action needed to help eliminate cervical cancer in Aotearoa

    … Summary For the first time, the World Health Organization (WHO) has set an ambitious goal to … cell changes. If all women and people with a cervix can access these three things, cervical cancer will be eliminated … for this low coverage vary but include a marked drop in access during Covid-19 lockdowns. There are calls to urgently …
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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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  • Meat, health, hospitals, and sustainability*

    … out of date. Over-consumption of meat is costing us. Our health, our healthcare system, and our environment are all in … item they need is more meat [2,3]. The people in our community who are at the highest risk of bowel cancer are … appropriate that hospitals serve – to both patients and staff – food that causes cancer. What better place is there …
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  • Carcinogen exposure in Aotearoa workplaces is unacceptably high

    … levels of exposure, and creating an Aotearoa Occupational Health Service, with a focus on establishing lifetime access to screening and healthcare for those at high risk of … outcomes caused by their work magnifying inequities in access to health services and outcomes. The time is over for …
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  • The long shadow of war on the health of military personnel

    … then asks more broadly what is known about the longer term health outcomes for military personnel participating in war – … comparison group is used. So what is known about long-term health impacts of combat experience? For veterans of WWI, the … Ensuring that on their return to NZ, troops have good access to life-long and free highly quality health care – to …
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  • Is Euthanasia a health priority for New Zealand at present?

    … benefit a small number of older educated white people. The health system is currently significantly stretched by the … with travelling, this option would likely severely limit access to the service. If the Act is enacted it is likely the … rural areas and smaller centres. Given this limitation of access, and the extent of fundraising required, there is a …
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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 … major risks and future generations GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH With respect to global public health the SG says the … on Disaster Risk Reduction (2019) advocates, ‘increased access to risk information’ and that, ‘low risk awareness is …
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  • Reducing tobacco retail availability: how could this be achieved and what evidence supports the NZ Government’s proposals?

    … retail availability could allow NZ to realise the large health gains, cost-savings, and health equity-benefits of reaching the Smokefree goal. In a … on which these arguments draw.   Introduction Easier access to tobacco retailers is associated with higher odds of …
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  • Covid-19 Hospitalisations Now Peaking in Aotearoa NZ – But Key Covid-19 Control Measures Still Need to be Maintained

    … which we consider are most important to minimise harm to health and avoid burdening the health system. Hospitalisation … numbers massively under-represent true infections in the community since some people have no symptoms, some have … different hospital admission practices (relatively to community care for Covid cases) but it may also reflect …
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