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Adaptation important but don’t give up on mitigation—what the new IPCC report means for Aotearoa
… Author details Prof Alistair Woodward , Professor - Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of … Wellington, and Science Lead, Public Health Communication Centre (PHCC) Prof Simon Hales , Department of Public Health, …
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Why the New Zealand Government should reconsider abandoning denicotinised cigarettes
… reduce the global devastation smoking causes. At the centre of the New Zealand plan is denicotinisation – …
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Backing off international infant formula standards: A retrograde step
… Consultants Assn Board member Dr Yvonne Le Fort – Medical Director Milford Breastfeeding Clinic, NZBA Board … between the formula industry, the research, guidelines, medical education, and public awareness efforts around CMPA … that they should use the product in the absence of a medical diagnosis, without considering any risk. Sibson and …
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Protecting hapu māmā and newborn babies through immunisation during pregnancy in Aotearoa New Zealand
… | Aotearoa. Associate Professor Esther Willing , Kōhatu - Centre for Hauora Māori | Division of Health Sciences | Te … New Zealand | Aotearoa Dr Gabrielle McDonald , Kōhatu - Centre for Hauora Māori | Division of Health Sciences | Te …
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Embracing downward counterfactual analysis to navigate future cyclones
… of Otago, Wellington, and Public Health Communication Centre. Dr Ben Payne is with the Joint Centre for Disaster Research, Massey University, Wellington. …
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Do Aotearoa’s new vaping regulations go far enough?
… Professor Andrew Waa – all ASPIRE Aotearoa Research Centre. Andrew Waa – Eru Pomare Centre; and Edwards, Ball and Hoek - Department of Public …
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Youth vaping addiction: How it happens and why it matters
… which in turn fire up the nucleus accumbens, the pleasure centre in the brain. 4 Repeated firing strengthens these …
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Stubbing out democracy: no Government mandate for smokefree repeal
… deep concerns expressed by numerous groups, including 105 medical, health, education and social service organisations … , Prof Janet Hoek , co-directors, ASPIRE Aotearoa Research Centre, and Department of Public Health, University of Otago …
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Why don’t we live as long and healthily as we could: social values and decision making
… envelope. So successful that from 2015 it will take on medical devices (e.g. hip prostheses and heart valves) as …
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Tackling child poverty: will the nation’s political leaders honour Richie Poulton’s legacy?
… Dr John Kerr , Science Lead, Public Health Communication Centre, and Department of Public Health, University of Otago … Prof Michael Baker , Director, Public Health Communication Centre, and Department of Public Health, University of Otago …
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