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  • Pandemic terminology: getting it right matters for effective risk communication and management

    … a stand-out success story by ending community transmission of COVID-19. While there have been some well-publicised … quarantine organisation), there has still been no evidence of community transmission for many weeks. Nevertheless, … scope for improvement. In this blog, we focus on a set of key terms where consistent, accurate use is important: …
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  • Covid-19: A planetary disease

    … This blog focuses on the underlying environmental causes of Covid-19 (Covid) and the role of international law in … these changes must be supported by new international law. What caused Covid? Covid-19 is a planetary disease and we … change occurs. Image by  Alex Strachan  from  Pixabay What can be done? A ban on wildlife trafficking and on …
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  • Targeting a new generation – time for a greater focus on smoking uptake prevention?

    … The theme of this year’s World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) is how the tobacco … New Zealand’s smokefree activities and, specifically, how does it relate to efforts to achieve a Smokefree Aotearoa? In … a greater focus on preventing smoking uptake required? So what are the arguments for focusing more on preventing …
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  • Reducing tobacco retail availability: counterarguments to industry claims

    … 2025 goal and proposes substantially reducing the number of retailers selling tobacco. In this blog, we examine … of tobacco products. Image by Lindsay Robertson What are the main arguments advanced? The main argument put … year” [1] to UK retailers. Independent research evidence does not support these claims Most transactions in small …
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  • COVID-19 in Aotearoa: what does public health do now?

    … made an incredible contribution to minimising the impact of COVID-19 in Aotearoa. But the work for public health is … response. We also need to reflect on and prepare for what a transition to living with COVID-19 means in terms of … What is the expected distribution of cases, and how does this overlay with other public health vulnerabilities …
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  • Decades old nutrition data leave NZ in the dark – updated nutrition survey needed

    … New Zealand (NZ) faces a critical information gap on what New Zealanders eat and our overall nutritional status due to a lack of recent national nutrition surveys.  The last adult … NZ is essentially flying blind when it comes to knowing what and how people are eating and hence how best to improve …
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  • Seven decades of severe weather events in Aotearoa New Zealand: What are the human health impacts?

    … timeframe, there were 498 severe weather events recorded, of which 185 were linked with either injuries or deaths. In … from severe weather events that are linked with injury. What did we find? As of 10 February 2022, there were 498 … from their homes during 92 severe weather events) What does this mean for research and policy? The overall impact of …
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  • The race to be the first place in Aotearoa to be smokefree

    … There is growing frustration with lack of robust action and progress at the national level with the … and premature death, you might think it would be worth a mention. The implementation of population-level policies at … picture could create. The antidote is to look around at what is happening at the local level, where there are …
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  • Progress towards a Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan: Congratulations to the Government

    … tobacco products to be sold in only a small number of stores; reducing the nicotine in tobacco products to very low levels; and restricting the legal sale of tobacco products to people born before a certain fixed … in full, the Action Plan offers a realistic chance of realising the 2025 goal to achieve minimal smoking …
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  • Aotearoa’s perinatal and maternal death rates remain inequitable and unjust

    … decrease in all-cause perinatal mortality over the years of 2006-2021 according to the Perinatal and Maternal … (the 16 th Annual Report). It opens a conversation about what is needed in response to these findings. Over the … have over three times the suicide rate of NZ Europeans.  What this Briefing adds: Detailed data collection and …
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