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  • Tax policy as a key health determinant: Reform for the Covid-19 reset

    … is the way we all share our resources in contributing to a healthy, decent and just society. Tax reform options should … become less progressive than they were in the 1980s. 1 As a flat tax, GST takes a bigger chunk out of the incomes of … and sufficient resources through tax investment. There can be no return to the ways things were: a ‘new normal’ must …
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  • Faster mortality decline – slower population ageing. How could this be?

    … of number of New Zealanders aged 65 plus Have you sat in a meeting recently, or listened to the radio, where someone is invoking the aging population as a harbringer of doom and gloom due to the tsunami of older … was 19 years in 1981; in 2011 a non-Māori female aged 65 can expect to live another 24 years. In the PLOS paper …
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  • Using a fun “Mask Day” at school to promote pandemic protection in the NZ community

    … recommended using face coverings or fabric masks as a strategy to contain COVID-19 pandemic virus transmission, … the spread of potentially infected droplets [3], which can travel further than the 1-2 m distancing guidelines … in Aotearoa (the “Auckland cluster”), mass masking can assist with providing disease control while Alert Levels …
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  • How taking an evidence-informed approach can be used to prioritise interventions: The example of cardiovascular disease

    … disease. And secondly how evidence informs how governments can maximise health gain and cost-savings from specific … that have been studied for NZ. For example, we show a combined fruit and vegetable subsidy plus a sugar tax … CVD. Together the premature deaths and morbidity from CVD can be captured with the measure of disability-adjusted life …
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  • Decades old nutrition data leave NZ in the dark – updated nutrition survey needed

    … Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) faces a critical information gap on what New Zealanders eat and our … in foods and drinks. Appendix A outlines how NNS data can inform effective food regulations.     A critical gap in … this data is extremely limited in terms of the insights it can provide.  One of the most significant aspects of NNS is …
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  • Urgent action needed to help eliminate cervical cancer in Aotearoa

    … Organization (WHO) has set an ambitious goal to eliminate a cancer as a public health problem. Aotearoa New Zealand … cell changes. If all women and people with a cervix can access these three things, cervical cancer will be … cancer. Eliminating cervical cancer is within reach. We can create a future where almost no one in NZ dies from this …
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  • Money down the drain: The high cost of leaking water pipes

    … of good public health. Leaking water infrastructure poses a threat to this basic necessity and wastes precious funds. … But leakage from such reticulated systems occurs and can be a problem for many reasons (see Box). This Briefing … yet Meters are currently being rolled out. Charging to start in 2024/2025. …
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  • Preventing outbreaks of COVID-19 in NZ associated with air travel from Australia: New Modelling study of alternatives to quarantine

    … outbreaks associated with air travel from Australia (with a low prevalence of COVID-19 infection) to NZ. We found that … (0.86 to 126). In conclusion, multi-layered interventions can markedly reduce the risk of importing the pandemic virus … early signs of illness. For example, some wearable devices can potentially detect changes in temperature and heart rate, …
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  • Backing off international infant formula standards: A retrograde step

    … Summary Infant nutrition is a key determinant of health. The International Code of … and the misuse of commercial milk formula products. This can have significant negative effects on infant and maternal … name formulas were not equivalent. The reason for this is simple – marketing.  Product expense has been an ongoing …
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  • Not forgetting the benefits to youth and non-smokers – an example from increases in tobacco taxes

    … as well as to smokers who quit. Policy-makers need to take a broad view of how tobacco control policies impact on … or decrease use of these products among this age-group can have profound implications for future health. Reducing … lifelong financial benefits for young people who do not start smoking as a result of tobacco tax increases.   * Data …
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