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  • Ventilation in NZ schools during the Omicron wave – results from a preliminary study

    … of Covid-19 transmission. Last year we outlined the need for adequate ventilation in schools and highlighted the need for nationwide ventilation surveillance. In this blog we … opening.  Introduction Schools are a primary setting for Covid-19 transmission. At 25 February 2022, more than 717 …
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  • Mind the gap: Associate Health Minister’s actions conflict with Ministry advice, align with tobacco industry lobbying

    … rapidly and equitably, and realise the Smokefree 2025 goal for all population groups (see Appendix ).  However, … of Health and the Associate Health Minister responsible for tobacco policy. This briefing contrasts official advice … has advocated would not realise the goal until 2061 for Māori.  Despite this advice, the Associate Health …
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  • The race to be the first place in Aotearoa to be smokefree

    … However, it is not all bad news. A major avenue of hope for a smokefree Aotearoa comes from the enthusiastic efforts … addressing New Zealand’s biggest preventable risk factor for ill health and premature death, you might think it would … goal will not be met, and will be missed substantially for Māori (5). However, there is a way to ward off the …
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  • The Pros and Cons of a Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Goal: The Case is Overwhelmingly Pro for NZ

    … In this blog we review the case for the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Goal. We find that this is an … resolution is one of the best examples. Similarly, for the successful global eradication of rinderpest, a cattle … surveillance and monitoring systems (especially relevant for disease eradication goals). Spurring investment in …
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  • Dietary counselling – how effective and cost-effective is it?

    … such as diabetes) but also to address risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) ie, high blood pressure, … of follow-up. Also, there were no consistent findings for the effects on CVD events over 8 to 15 years of … and weight (see Table 1 in the Appendix below for more details). Various behavioural outcomes were also …
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  • A major new study on Kiwi health – can it inform decision-making?

    … has just released a major new burden of disease study for 2006, a culmination of a large epidemiological stocktake for New Zealand. The study highlights changes in New Zealand, … questions as to how useful a burden of disease study is for prioritisation of public health activity.  We address …
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  • Will the Government’s new Smokefree Plan achieve Aotearoa’s smokefree goal?

    … condemned 2,3 and the coalition government criticised for failing to offer an alternative plan. Now, less than two months before the government’s own target for a Smokefree 2025 becomes due, it has released an “action … large and persisting smoking inequities first advocated for a Tupeka Kore (tobacco free) Aotearoa. 4   Since the …
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  • How much revenue would a New Zealand sugary drink tax raise? And how might be best to do it?

    … sugary drink tax. As part of the policy briefing prepared for this FIZZ Symposium, we were asked to estimate the … beverage industry (more on this at the end of this blog). For a general background on sugary drink taxes, see previous … , and the proportion of each drink category eligible for tax by using published data on sweetened and unsweetened …
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  • Increases in speed limits: Unjust and unjustifiable

    … have been shown to be effective in reducing such trauma. For example, a study conducted in Toronto, Canada of the … die. Many more will suffer injuries that will affect them for the rest of their lives. By reducing the speed to around … research has found benefits were higher than costs for speed limits reduced to 30km/h, which implies that doing …
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  • Climate Change and Recent Actions of NZ Political Parties

    … had in Government.   Voters who are asking “What is best for NZ society and the planet in the long-term?” may wish to … a defining issue of this century, with both opportunities for advancing development and health [1] and also a range of … has funded housing insulation, but despite only a third of houses being insulated, it has also scaled back the level of …
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