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  • Health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 response: NZ compared to OECD countries

    … Aotearoa/NZ has achieved the lowest death rate in the OECD from the COVID-19 pandemic, … is sufficiently available and border restrictions are lifted. Despite NZ’s health success there is still a need … of the health impacts is not yet possible but other benefits would include: (i) the marked reduction in overall …
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  • Potential health co-benefits from eradicating rats, stoats and possums in NZ towns and cities

    … The eradication of some introduced pests such as rats, stoats … (if bovine tuberculosis is eradicated nationally). But what about the spin-offs for public health? This blog starts … explore this issue and provisionally concludes that there are many potential health benefits from the eradication or …
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  • Flooding, public health – and the need for more emphasis on prevention

    … flooding events in New Zealand should make us think about the adverse public health and economic impacts. This blog … building continues to occur in flood risk areas). Floods are costly, with the Insurance Council of New Zealand … costs were under a third of this at $121 million (2). What are the direct and indirect health impacts of floods? …
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  • Smoke, heat or vapour? Ideas for risk-proportionate regulation to make World Smokefree Day irrelevant by 2025

    … propose some ideas that may greatly increase momentum for the achieving Smokefree Aotearoa 2025. Tobacco and vaping … the framework should aim to minimise harm and maximise benefits to population health by accelerating progress … stronger regulation of smoked tobacco products, as these are vastly under-regulated in relation to the harm they …
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  • Tobacco industry ‘transformation’ – more smoke and mirrors?

    … tobacco industry claims that it is ‘transforming’ and the possible implications for public health. We draw … years, some tobacco companies have claimed that they are ‘transforming’ and now support public health goals, … sales of their combusted products in some markets and see what happens? In relation to the second and third essential …
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  • The need for long-term thinking – Especially for preventing catastrophic risks

    … policymaking in Aotearoa NZ. This Briefing highlights the problem and the need to strengthen long-term thinking. … who don’t own houses – given how capital gains and assets are not taxed (see an upcoming PHE Briefing). A decades-long … lurching from one inadequate short-term fix to another. What is new in this Briefing The problematic dominance of …
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  • Tax policy reform: equity, fairness, and health

    … Summary The way that we collect government revenue in Aotearoa New … connection with others and social cohesion. These values are expressed in the concepts of manaakitanga, … . The New Zealand public has a right to know who is paying what, when and how. That is the only way to ensure that …
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  • The strong case for mask requirements in public transportation and border control settings in NZ’s current COVID-19 pandemic context

    … In this blog we identify six likely benefits from requiring fabric mask use in public transportation and border control settings in the “peri-elimination” context that New Zealand is currently … is becoming increasingly compelling and many countries are adding masking policies to their pandemic response. High …
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  • We need rapid progress on digital solutions to help eliminate COVID-19 from New Zealand

    …   In this blog we discuss some of the emerging technologies New Zealand could adopt to support … and surveillance. These technologies present major benefits for the collective effort against COVID-19 and can … coordination that must be overcome if these innovations are to make substantial contributions to the pandemic …
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  • Is funding Euthanasia a health priority for Aotearoa New Zealand: Part 2?

    … Providing equity of access for assisted dying without equity of access to palliative care is to completely undermine the goals of the End of Life Choice Act. The choice is … Practice in that it is fully-funded by Government. There are only a few services that are fully funded in this way for …
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