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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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  • 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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  • Using Rapid Antigen Tests to improve COVID-19 control in Aotearoa NZ

    … NAATs on nasopharyngeal swabs are considered by the World Health Organization (WHO) as the gold standard for COVID-19 … needs to take a RT-PCR test. There are currently two pilot studies of RATs in parallel with a NAAT, using 100,000 … the pandemic to prevent their inappropriate use during a public health emergency. This action was taken by Medsafe …
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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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  • Not forgetting the benefits to youth and non-smokers – an example from increases in tobacco taxes

    … it is smokers who suffer most immediately from the deadly health impacts of the tobacco industry’s products, and who … this age-group can have profound implications for future health. Reducing uptake of smoking among young people is also … quitting smoking). If such interventions worked well in pilot programmes – they could be rolled out to the rest of NZ …
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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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  • NZ should prepare for a potentially severe global coronavirus pandemic

    … now means activating all components of our pandemic plan, with a particular focus on ‘keep it out’. NZ has many … and institutional advantages in managing this major health and economic threat. Now is the time for maximum … borders – though these states are obliged to send WHO the public health rationale and justification. Thirdly, the NZ …
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  • Analysis of a new NZ Treasury Report on soft drink tax

    … The Government has an action plan to tackle childhood obesity, but it lacks a tax on … the tax according to a just published study in the journal Health Affairs . Likewise the tax in Berkeley, California has … in price of the target food (ie. sugary drink). From a public health perspective, we want this number to be …
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  • Mortality declines in Aotearoa NZ during the first two years of the Covid-19 pandemic

    … two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, NZ has used a range of public health measures that have played a direct role in keeping … deaths since mid-2021, perhaps as a result of easing of public health protections . Similarly for Sweden – which …
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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 … measures under the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan will ultimately lead to unintended consequences which …
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