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Media release: Our fourth wave of Covid-19 and why we should care
… a fourth wave of Covid-19 and health authorities should be reminding us about the benefits of vaccination and the … Communication Centre . These data indicate there could be up to 12,000 hospitalisations and more than 1,000 deaths … and people spending more time indoors in autumn may be contributing to the numbers. Professor Baker says this …
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Obesity at last on Government agenda, but will Healthy Families NZ be good enough ?
… to tackle our escalating obesity crisis. It will be based on Healthy Together Victoria (HTV) which the Health … it is pertinent to ask – what is HTV, how could it be adapted for New Zealand, and will it work? The launch of … and school boards to stimulate the schools’ systems to be more promoting of healthy eating and physical activity. …
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6 teaspoons of sugar a day helps the diseases stay down, in a most challenging way
… have reiterated the 2003 guidance that sugar should be less than 10% of total energy intake a day, but have gone further to state that 5% would be better still. 5% is about 6 teaspoons per day. New … can contain around 10 or so teaspoons). There will need to be a major change in the way the food industry formulates …
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NZ Health Strategy Consultation Draft – are the big prevention programmes really in there?
… health inequalities (another goal of the strategy) and be best value for money (yet another goal of the strategy). … We recommend that the word ‘prevention’ needs to be more than a garnish sprinkled through the document, but … etc) fall off the table. Why? We do not know. It could be that it is just too hard in a Strategy document to tackle …
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The end game should not be just Smokefree 2025 but also Vapefree
… vaping is useful for smokers who want to quit (2). It can be viewed as either a cessation tool, providing an effective … Document for the proposed Smokefree Action Plan (17) be adopted. The Discussion Document proposes bold steps … The question that remains unclear is whether this will be enough to achieve the goal of preventing recruitment of …
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Modelling tobacco tax – implications of BODE3 paper just out, and personal reflections on the research journey
… ongoing 10% per annum increases in tobacco tax will not be able to get NZ to less than 5% smoking prevalence by 2025. … interval 155,000–419,000; undiscounted) QALYs would be gained from 10% annual tax increases through to 2031. This … our modelling is state of the art, and the best that can be done, there is still considerable uncertainty. After-all, …
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Where do the parties stand? Taxes to protect health and reduce inequity
… 17.5% rate ($2100 to pay) but get a rebate of $800, and so be left paying $1300 in tax. Green The policy committed to … for a part-time minimum wage earner). 6 But this would be $5424 less income tax per year for some two-income … tax policy stated that the “In-Work Tax Credit will be raised by $25 a week to $97.50 and the Working for …
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We need to talk about breast cancer screening (part 2)
… the cost-effectiveness of breast cancer screening should be re-evaluated, for optimistic and pessimistic scenarios. A … methods change and we need to have the courage to be able to revisit our decisions. What are screening experts … breast screening programmes in Swiss cantons should be time limited, and no new screening should commence (2). …
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Urgently upgrading NZ’s Covid-19 response
… the far less infectious variants of 2020, may no longer be sufficient to achieve and maintain elimination. Wellington … 4 we propose two levels of mask requirements that can be matched to the risk in the community: The ‘ travel and … period and hence, infectious individuals are likely to be circulating in public spaces. The Covid Tracer App was …
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Where do the parties stand? Protecting water sources and drinking water quality
… 80% of New Zealanders consider the state of our water to be their main environmental concern. With climate change, existing impacts will be amplified. So how proactive will the next Government be at protecting water sources? All parties responded to our …
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