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Comparing two pandemics: A century apart
… It highlights similarities and differences in the nature of these pandemics, the responses, and their impacts on … Zealand and globally. It also emphasises the importance of learning from the past to inform current and future … cooperation, and addressing social determinants of health. The analysis reveals the critical role of rapid …
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Air pollution in Aotearoa NZ: Five key ways to reduce the massive health and social costs
… A new study has estimated the surprisingly high level of harm from air pollution. This annual harm includes the premature deaths of more than 3300 adult New Zealanders and more than 13,100 … blog. These range from free public transport to reform of the electricity market to lower costs to citizens. The …
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Flooding, public health – and the need for more emphasis on prevention
… so as to better reduce the health and economic impacts of flooding disasters. The recent flooding events in NZ … remind us that this country is at relatively high risk of such disasters. Over the past two years similar events … in Christchurch in March 2014. This risk is a consequence of high rainfall and the steepness of the hill and …
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Where do the parties stand? A low carbon, healthy transport system
… Summary How will the next Government address the challenge of moving to a low carbon healthy transport system? In this … we analyse responses to a short pre-election survey of political parties in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) on the topic of transport policy. Three parties in the current Parliament …
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Getting the Marketing Mix Right: A Commentary on NZ’s Forthcoming Vaping Regulations
… passed legislation that extends existing regulation of tobacco and herbal smoking products to vaping products (or electronic nicotine delivery systems … how these are marketed. In this blog, we summarise some of the Act’s key provisions before exploring how the …
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The cost burden of excess weight in New Zealand: Sizing up a new report
… obesity prevalence after plateauing for a decade. This is of great concern and it makes a new report from the Sapere Research Group on the Economic Impact of Excess Weight in Aotearoa all the more important. The … is very valuable to have some up-to-date data on the costs of overweight and obesity. The headline number, before we get …
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Bioethicists, scientists and politicians; decision-making in a pandemic
… New Zealand has come through the pandemic well. The role of political leadership and scientific input has been well covered. Part of this success was built upon having a clear ethical … values for a pandemic. ” 2 This document was the result of wide consultation in Aotearoa/New Zealand following the …
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Shifting all isolation/quarantine facilities to a single air force base: The need for a critical analysis
… The main advantage would be a reduction in the risk of border control failures, which can potentially involve … impacts. The main disadvantage would be reduced numbers of returnees that could be allowed back into NZ, with these … the assumption is made that the current Auckland outbreak of COVID-19 will be successfully controlled and NZ will …
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Using Rapid Antigen Tests to improve COVID-19 control in Aotearoa NZ
… swabs to collect specimens to test for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus which causes COVID-19). These … amplification methods. These RT-PCR tests amplify segments of genetic material (such as part of the genome of SARS-CoV-2) to detect the presence of the …
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NZ compares well with other OECD countries in health & other areas: But scope for improvements
… in many ways – according to the just released results of the OECD’s “Better Life Index”. This blog considers some of the details and also various ways we could make further … that it ranks among the top countries in a large number of topics in the “Better Life Index” [1]. What follows are a …
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