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  • Consumer Care Guidelines for electricity retailers must be mandatory

    … Summary As He Kāinga Oranga Housing and Health Research Programme at the University of Otago … that electricity is an essential service for protecting public health in Aotearoa, and we agree that a basic standard … are not protected from disconnection. Implications for public health Electricity is an essential service. It …
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  • Smoking denormalization and tobacco endgames

    … declined since its peak in the 1960s, after the serious health risks it poses became clear. Government policies and … core endgame measures, attempted to metamorphose into public health allies, and tried to shape social norms by … As evidence of smoking’s harms grew; government public health measures, including bans on tobacco marketing, …
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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 … with tobacco companies must be recorded and open to public scrutiny. The tobacco industry, associated front … after Australia, despite continuing calls for an earlier timeline. 11 Tobacco companies have also worked behind the …
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  • Divesting from fossil fuels – is this good for public health?

    … explore the arguments around such disinvestment from a public health perspective.   To understand why these organisations … to divestment from fossil fuels that has its basis in public health. In its crudest form, the argument runs that …
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  • World Ventil8 Day – How do our buildings measure up?

    … importance of ventilation as a crucial part of enabling health and wellbeing. Breathing clean air is so often ignored … requires CO2 levels to be displayed on monitors in public spaces (see more details in Appendix ). There is … Following the lead of countries like Belgium and requiring public spaces in NZ to have visible CO 2 monitors and good …
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  • The long shadow of war on the health of military personnel

    … then asks more broadly what is known about the longer term health outcomes for military personnel participating in war – … comparison group is used. So what is known about long-term health impacts of combat experience? For veterans of WWI, the … to requests for foreign deployment of their troops? From a public health perspective – war is disastrous for health, …
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  • What does the novel coronavirus epidemic mean for New Zealand?

    … the best in international collaboration in science and public health. Unlike armed conflict, here we are fighting an … WHO then assesses its potential to cause an international public health emergency (technically a Public Health …
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  • Media release: New Zealand urged to boost pandemic preparedness as bird flu spreads in US cattle

    … Public health experts are issuing a call to action for New Zealand … strategies, say the authors of a new Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre . At the forefront of their …
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  • Evidence supports a proposed Parliamentary Bill to reduce harm from alcohol sponsorship of sport

    … by three Government-commissioned bodies and the World Health Organization. Viable sponsorship replacement models … is an important step in the right direction to improving health equity. Green MP Chlöe Swarbrick recently announced a … and Signal and Hoek are Professors in the Department of Public Health at the University of Otago, Wellington. …
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  • The Smokefree legislation is evidence-based, removing it is not

    … continues to cost thousands of lives and millions of health care dollars. Prime Minister Luxon could yet display … health nor overall economic benefits.   Implications for public health policy The Prime Minister has a crucial … of ASPIRE Aotearoa Research Centre, and Department of Public Health, University of Otago Wellington Prof Richard …
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