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  • Urgent measures needed to allow the safe re-opening of Auckland schools

    … to further transmission of COVID-19, with devastating health and wellbeing outcomes for children, young people and … and parental stress. We request that the Ministries of Health and Education urgently prepare and disseminate clear … health responses and the approach to identification and management of COVID-19 contacts within schools, in the event …
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  • Air pollution in Aotearoa NZ: Five key ways to reduce the massive health and social costs

    … to lower costs to citizens. The latest iteration of the Health and Air Pollution in New Zealand Study (HAPINZ 3.0) has summed up the health costs of air pollution, drawing on comprehensive air … had not been present).” The estimated costs of these health and social impacts from human-made air pollution in …
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  • Tobacco industry ‘transformation’ – more smoke and mirrors?

    … is ‘transforming’ and the possible implications for public health. We draw extensively on an article examining tobacco … smoke to ‘unsmoke’ (Figure 1). Similarly, in 2020, British American Tobacco (BAT) announced its new corporate strategy – … 2: source https://seekingalpha.com/article/4418669-british-american-tobacco-stock-has-significant-upside-potential …
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  • Lime E-Scooters – Avoiding a collision course with public health?

    … argue they will help reduce traffic density, thus bringing health and environmental benefits, while critics suggest they … existing transport models? How should we accommodate new information and transport technologies that could change the … observational study of 193 e-scooter riders undertaken in association with the analysis of ED injuries found 94.3% were …
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  • Tackling child poverty: will the nation’s political leaders honour Richie Poulton’s legacy?

    … and policy relevance of the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study which he led for over 20 years. … has significant negative long-term impacts (e.g. for health, educational achievement, employment, and income). It … Professor Poulton directed the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study  (commonly known as the ‘Dunedin …
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  • Media release: Treaty Principles Bill poses major risk to public health and equity

    … Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill threatens public health and equity in Aotearoa New Zealand according to law and public health experts. Te Wānanga o Raukawa’s  Dr Carwyn Jones and … need for public opposition to safeguard Māori rights and health equity in the latest Briefing from the Public Health …
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  • Media release: Associate Health Minister’s tobacco policy contradicts official advice, aligns with industry lobbyists

    … Associate Health Minister Casey Costello’s recent tobacco policy … of Otago, Wellington, have examined the Ministry of Health’s advice on repealing smokefree legislation and … out in a  new Briefing article published by the Public Health Communication Centre.  Drawing on briefings, cabinet …
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  • A Smokefree Aotearoa – could making tobacco products available only through community pharmacies help us get there?

    … stores, petrol stations and supermarkets.   The health burden from tobacco smoking in Aotearoa New Zealand … 4510 to 5100) premature deaths in 2019 alone. 1 The total health loss (including morbidity) in 2019 was 116,000 (95%UI: … life years (DALYs). 1 Smoking causes substantial health inequities and results in poorer health for Māori. 2 3 …
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  • Tax policy as a key health determinant: Reform for the Covid-19 reset

    … societal services that are critical for the prevention and management of Covid-19. Tax is the way we all share our … addressed – or conversely exacerbated. Tax is therefore a health determinant, given its functions in ensuring adequate … details on a possible wealth transfer charge , see here . Information: Greater information on our tax system is …
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  • Getting through together: ethical values for a pandemic

    … Public health responses to infectious diseases such as COVID-19 … us to draw on our common humanity as well as on our public health expertise in making the difficult decisions that are … Pandemic Plan : ‘plan for it’, and ‘keep it out’ or border management. Soon we might be at phase 3 ‘stamp it out’ and …
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