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  • We need rapid progress on digital solutions to help eliminate COVID-19 from New Zealand

    … with contact tracing, border controls, early diagnosis and surveillance. These technologies present major benefits … for digital solutions to help tackle this global threat (1). Currently, NZ is considering several digital solutions to … enabled the identification of close contacts unknown to, or not recalled by, the case. They have also automated …
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  • What the Pacific & Mexico can tell us about soft drink taxes and public health

    … taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) can be designed and implemented. These aspects can affect the likely impact … over and above the tax on other food and beverages (Figure 1). In April 2014 the Cook Islands adopted a NZ$9.80 tax per … of a clear health goal, using excise tax, taxing on volume or sugar content, taxing a broad range of SSBs, introducing …
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  • Might a ‘Coasean’ social contract mitigate overall societal harm from COVID-19?

    … need to protect older people from high death rates and the desirability of maximising freedom from lock-downs … with the option of opt out either with no payment or an insurance surcharge reflecting risk until either a … bargain between the two could in principle be struck [1]. Reflecting different individual preferences there could …
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  • How the tobacco industry targets young people to achieve a new generation of smokers

    … despite a new-found interest in ‘ unsmoking ’ the world, and moving smokers to “reduced harm” products, tobacco … selling tobacco products, should these be proved harmful.[1] Analysis of industry documents and arguments reveal … success, and without regard for the human tragedy or social costs that success exacted .”[5]   Globally, this …
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  • The rise and rise of specialist vape stores: Time for the Government to act

    … to our concerns, though reporting of the VIANZ’s comments and our response focused largely on disagreements about appropriate SVR numbers and gave less prominence to shared concerns. In this … to youth, and regulatory responses in Appendix 1 . VIANZ’s position: Common ground Our letter documented …
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  • Communicating public health evidence – a successful first year for the PHCC

    … launch of the Public Health Communication Centre (PHCC) and the new-look Public Health Expert Briefing . In this … long-term systems-level change to improve public health. 1 We have strived to make sure that politicians and … to your inbox. If you are a public health researcher or practitioner interested in contributing a Briefing …
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  • Tackling child poverty: will the nation’s political leaders honour Richie Poulton’s legacy?

    … the extraordinary achievements, significant findings, and policy relevance of the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health … shows that childhood poverty, especially when severe and/or prolonged, has significant negative long-term impacts … a thousand babies born at Dunedin hospital during 1972-73. 1 Their life circumstances and development were closely …
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  • Food and beverage taxes for a healthier diet: The Pacific experience

    … Summary Across Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ), the Pacific and globally we are seeing a growing impact of the food … initiatives as extending free healthy school lunches and/or free dental care. The growing impact of the food … have declared a non-communicable disease (NCD) crisis 1; 2 reflecting the health and financial implications of …
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  • A National risks assessment should include pandemics and other global catastrophes

    … by the NZ Government. In this blog we discuss its merits and how the process could be further advanced. In particular … 2023); (ii) signal a move towards an integrated and comprehensive National Risks Assessment; and (iii) … be discussed. We note that all risks are made more likely or more consequential by disinformation and we applaud the …
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  • Public health response to report on potential risk of nitrate from drinking water

    … This week a report, co-funded by Fonterra and MBIE, investigated the relative contributions of nitrate … “it is highly unlikely that nitrates in drinking water or the diet present an increased risk of cancer.” In this … water and food to New Zealanders’ overall nitrate intake [1]. The authors used collated data from international studies …
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Public Health Expert Briefing (ISSN 2816-1203)