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  • The Covid-19 experience in Aotearoa New Zealand and other comparable high-income jurisdictions and implications for managing the next pandemic phase

    … Omicron variant which has forced a revised approach. Based on a comparison of responses we provide updated … Covid-19 deaths per million, Australia and South Korea report the highest cumulative totals of ~516 and ~504 deaths … these jurisdictions. These differences (particularly under-ascertainment) are likely to be much larger for case …
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  • Flooding, public health – and the need for more emphasis on prevention

    … (2004 dollars) (1). Furthermore, government expenditure on civil defence responses during flood emergencies alone … around $380 million in total, while insurance costs were under a third of this at $121 million (2). What are the … Defence and Emergency Management: National Hazardscape Report. Wellington: Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency …
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  • Cycling and walking in six NZ cities: Where are we at?

    …   Figure 1 On-road cycle lane Wellington. Photo credit: Jenny Ombler Active transport is important for health … (see Figure 1 above), however Tauranga and Hamilton also report 100km of on-street cycle lanes each. Physically …
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  • Public Health Solutions Series: Improving the cost, composition and availability of foods can save lives

    … at effective public health measures to reduce demand on healthcare quickly. Improving population diets through … improving the food environment can have important effects on population health. Poor diet and obesity cause … stroke and diabetes, which will decrease the pressure on the health system in the medium term. The majority of …
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  • Increasing speed limits defies the science - more deaths and pollution expected

    … limits will lead to increased deaths and serious injuries on our roads. In addition, increasing speed limits is likely … New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi has done the same on some state highways. This action was part of the Road to … proposing to reverse this policy direction . Submissions on this policy are due on July 11 th . So what impacts might …
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  • Ten things we can learn from new smoking and vaping data about progress to Smokefree Aotearoa 2025

    … from the 2018-19 NZ Health Survey (NZHS) data as available on the 2018-19 annual data explorer website ( … would be 8.7% and current smoking prevalence 10.2%. Based on these data, Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 (minimal smoking … would be 27.8% and daily smoking prevalence 24.1%. Based on these data, very substantial disparities in smoking …
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  • Covid-19: A planetary disease

    … Louise Delany* This blog focuses on the underlying environmental causes of Covid-19 (Covid) … kinds forced into human contact; the breeding of animals under artificial conditions; and the capture, trade and … Fauna and Flora . The World Wildlife Fund’s Living Planet Report 2020 states that Covid is ‘..a clear manifestation of …
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  • Progress on reducing retail availability of sugary drinks in NZ

    … Mexico, the UK and other countries in adopting taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs*), as per these past blogs … sales bans has taken 12 years since the first DHB moved on the issue (Waitemata DHB). Some still sell … advertising to children” continuing to leave leadership under industry self-regulation). No mention is made of SSB …
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  • Concluding the Public Health Solutions Series 

    … Public Health Expert blog has published ten invited blogs on the best public health interventions the G overnment can put in place to reduce pressure on the health system.        As highlighted in the media this week, the health system “ remains under massive strain ” and with the relaxing of covid rules …
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  • Optimising the effects of plain packaging for tobacco – making Quitline information more salient

    … attempts. This blog post details a just published study  on this topic. It also suggests that New Zealand policy … in Australia for nearly two years, we have actual data on which to draw. Emerging evidence from Australia shows … arguments that plain packaging will have no effect on smoking prevalence. Early findings from Australia are …
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