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  • Stubbing out democracy: no Government mandate for smokefree repeal

    … to be repealed have strong public support. Views of community leaders, health organisations and health and smokefree policy experts … will be repealed. Failure to pay attention to views of community leaders, health organisations and health and …
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  • Rodents running riot in supermarkets – do we need to worry?

    … in NZ (leptospirosis) and scans the wide variety of other health-relevant problems from rodents (eg, damage to food, … to insulation, damage to water piping, impact on mental health etc). It also discusses the impact of climate change … in our country, examine the evidence linking rats to human health, and examine the need to expand our rodent control …
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  • Energy poverty: The lowest-income households pay more in Aotearoa

    … their energy needs and as a result experience negative health and wellbeing consequences from cold housing.  It is … households can keep warm, so we must increase access to affordable electricity and energy efficient … Energy poverty, when households are unable to afford or access sufficient energy to meet their needs at home, remains …
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  • Where do the parties stand? Long-term thinking & catastrophic risks

    … global catastrophic risks. The Election 2023 Public Health Survey In the lead up to the 2023 General Election, … Change Adaptation Bill; funding “tangata whenua and community-led adaptation and resilience to climate change”; … local governments’ ability to fund tangata whenua and community-led adaptation and resilience to climate change, …
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  • The Brits are doing it: likely health benefits from a levy on soft drinks

    … drink levy being introduced in 2017 is likely to benefit health (reduced obesity, diabetes and dental caries) – when … So what impact might this levy actually have on public health?  A paper published today in the journal Lancet Public Health (including one of us [TB] as a co-author; press …
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  • Regulating vaping and new nicotine products: Are tobacco companies’ goals aligned with public health objectives?

    … important measures, yet could do more to protect the health of children, young people and non-nicotine users. This … between tobacco companies’ profit goals and public health objectives. Background The Ministry of Health’s … themselves as legitimate stakeholders that are entitled to access policy-makers . Yet BAT’s investor presentations …
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  • Action needed to halt New Zealand’s obesity epidemic: Themes from Big Food Symposium

    … International and national public health experts and delegates met on Monday this week to … epidemic. While they welcome the new Healthy Families NZ community-based initiative recently announced by the Minister … can afford to eat a healthy diet. Without supplementing community action with such upstream policy action, the …
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  • How to best prioritise Covid-19 Vaccination in Aotearoa/New Zealand

    … protection of the individual and protection of the community (by reducing the risk of transmission and of reducing the risk of outbreaks that overload the health system). Prioritisation for vaccination is not the … bubbles of the border workers – and then the rest of the community, she [co-chair of the Covid Immunisation …
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  • Making the most of masks

    … Masks and vaccination have a central role in minimising the health and economic impact of COVID-19, regardless of the … out of lockdown, the need to prevent new outbreaks in the community remains imperative. One of the most effective ways … accessibility support for people who need to see faces to access communication. Examples include people who are D/deaf …
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  • Testing for COVID-19 in NZ to achieve the elimination goal

    … might optimise testing to both identify cases in the community as part of the COVID-19 elimination strategy, and … spent under lockdown conditions and allow the economy and health system to return to more normal functioning. The … been relatively slow to scale up testing (partly due to access to test kits), this is now underway and, along with …
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