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  • Where do the parties stand? Long-term thinking & catastrophic risks

    … to catastrophic and existential risks, including those from nuclear war and climate change. 1 Given this background, … of political parties. Survey responses were obtained from all five parties in the current NZ Parliament, with … out-of-control artificial intelligence)?” The responses from the parties were all brief. They are summarised in the …
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  • Preventing diabetes: What does the latest modelling evidence tell us about health gains and cost savings?

    … incidence [7]. The majority of this modelled gain comes from the impacts of reducing diabetes directly, but as … coronary heart disease and stroke, a proportion also comes from reductions in these related diseases. Very large health … even larger health gains could be achieved through certain food taxes [8]. Potential implications for research and NZ …
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  • The Covid inquiry report is an excellent guide to preparing for the next pandemic – health cuts put that at risk

    … New Zealand (NZ) pandemic response and the wider threat from future pandemics. It identified major strengths in the … strategy, but also weaknesses that we can learn from. It provides a high level ‘road-map’ for improving … of the report coincides with the rising global threat from pandemic influenza, our first outbreak of highly …
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  • What we would like to see on the Ministry of Health’s website to better inform progress on COVID-19 elimination

    … In this blog we analyse data from the Ministry of Health’s COVID-19 website and display a … COVID-19 cases on the MoH’s website, we graph below data from the MoH’s tabulated line listings of cases that includes … been identified and reported by a country they have come from (but such data are not reported by the MoH). Those with …
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  • Covid recovery or sustainable transformation?

    … shape policies and programmes to ensure that the recovery from the Covid lockdown provides an opportunity for a … One of the most profound risk s ahead, as we recover from Covid, is climate change.   A key difference between … resilience as local opportunities arise, e.g. in local food production vs food imports. Taking heart from Kiwi …
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  • Dementia: Update on causes and prevention, including the role of COVID-19

    … control of obesity); preventing head injuries (e.g., from falls and traffic injuries); advancing alcohol control; … patients.    A total of almost 40,000 stroke patients from one randomised controlled trial (RCT) and 55 cohort … [ 15] . The overall tentative conclusion that can be drawn from these data at the moment is that diabetes is a precursor …
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  • Tobacco industry ‘transformation’ – more smoke and mirrors?

    … on an article examining tobacco industry transformation 1 from the Tobacco Control 30 th anniversary issue and consider a response from tobacco industry spokespeople. 2 Finally, we review … cigarette sales 2012-19 with linear projection to 2025 (from Euromonitor retail volumes data) 5 Criterion 2 …
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  • A preventable measles epidemic: Lessons for reforming public health in NZ

    … In this blog we argue that NZ has an opportunity to learn from this and other public health disasters and missed … total for 40 years (Figure 1). This epidemic resulted from a large measles immunity gap in NZ and was widely … health functions currently performed by ESR and the food safety functions performed by the Ministry of Primary …
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  • How can we address tobacco companies’ manipulation of cigarette prices?

    … how minimum pricing could help prevent tobacco companies from undermining measures designed to encourage smoking … smoking uptake.   There is very strong evidence, including from Aotearoa/New Zealand (NZ), that tobacco price increases … consumption, stimulate quit attempts, deter young people from experimenting with smoking, and impede development of …
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  • May PHCC Newsletter

    … Click here to read about the latest from the PHCC in our May Newsletter.  Featuring reflections … winter deaths in Aotearoa. The newsletter recaps Briefings from the last month as well as highlighting interesting new …
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