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  • Robust vaccine surveillance shows safety – we need to communicate this better

    … To build trust and maintain confidence in vaccines, NZ health agencies need to be far more active in communicating … other vaccines, such as measles 2 , reducing their public health benefit.  Vaccine distrust is noted by the World … conditions was conducted by the GVDN site in Victoria, Australia.   The potential signal for onset of these …
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  • The changing COVID-19 situation in Taiwan – what can NZ learn from Taiwan’s latest outbreak?

    … the SARS epidemic, Taiwan established the National Health Command centre (NHCC) in 2004 which works alongside … 706 14 23.5 15 30.0 641.7 4.7% What is the state of public health interventions in Taiwan? Taiwan uses a four level … yet been reached in the current outbreak), unlike NZ and Australia where strict (but often quite short) lockdowns in …
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  • New Zealand can lead the world in tobacco control: Plain packaging 2.0

    … 2025 goal. There are four key areas for improving on Australia’s legislation to maximise the effectiveness of … impactful warning compared to a plain pack with a strong health warning. Evidence that this particular group was less … Initially introduced to increase smokers’ awareness of the health risks smoking causes, new evidence suggests health …
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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 approach to regulating vaping and alternative …
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  • The humility of being second to Australia in cancer mortality

    … There is nothing like being second to Australia to galvanize angst and consternation among Kiwis. … This is important, highlighting room to improve in our health sector. This blog we canvass how bad (or good) the … has been previously reported by the Ministry of Health , ourselves and others (see North and South Graphic of …
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  • Updating the role of the state: the case of housing in New Zealand

    … affordable housing is a critical foundation of population health and wellbeing. Shortages in many OECD countries, including New Zealand and Australia, have led to increasing homelessness . This is not … at a time when immigration was at an all-time high. The private sector had largely withdrawn from the affordable …
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  • Intensifying Covid-19 Control Measures: 5 Measures for Faster Elimination and 5 Measures to Prevent Future outbreaks

    … Covid-19 outbreak in Auckland still poses risks to health, social wellbeing and the economy. There is a need for … of failure can be seen in New South Wales and Victoria in Australia where there are mounting cases, hospitalisations … priority populations (as recently argued for by a Māori health leader [4]). 3. Consider further reducing essential …
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  • Tobacco industry interference: Is the new Government meeting its international obligations?

    … smokefree legislation. Ratified by Aotearoa, the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control … packaging was not implemented in NZ until five years after Australia, despite continuing calls for an earlier timeline. … times by a number of stakeholders across the public and private sector. The most problematic of these will be an …
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  • And now the Brits are doing it: A sugary drink tax levy on the industry

    … now have some variety of a sugary drinks tax, 1 a public health measure that is rapidly gaining traction amongst … blog we explain how the UK levy works (it is clever), what health impacts this levy might have (it is much more than via … and alcohol excise taxes in NZ). The Grattan Institute in Australia produced a high quality report in 2016 reviewing …
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  • Increases in speed limits: Unjust and unjustifiable

    … in monetary terms.  The Rule disregards broader public health impacts of increased speed limits, such as … limits, we need a more balanced approach to protect public health and community safety, an approach that aligns with … NZ is the mix of vehicle types in our fleet. Along with Australia and the USA, NZ has an increasing proportion of …
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