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  • Calling for action on suicide prevention in Aotearoa

    … Summary The Ministry of Health is inviting submissions on the second Draft Suicide Prevention Action Plan for 2025-2029. We have a unique opportunity to craft a Suicide Prevention Action … prevention has been ineffective and narrowly focused on mental illness and clinical interventions, while overlooking …
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  • Air pollution in Aotearoa NZ: Five key ways to reduce the massive health and social costs

    … A new study has estimated the surprisingly high level of harm … of urban air pollution 3 and various NZ publications (eg, 4 5 ). Our top five solutions are as follows: Adopt free …
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  • Is NZ a laggard in responding to climate change?: Results of a Global Index

    … The 2014 edition of the “Climate Change Performance Index” has just been … and considers what NZ could be aiming for if it is to be a responsible “international citizen” in terms of the global … ETS is widely considered by experts as fairly deficient (eg, by subsidising big emitters , not properly incentivising …
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  • Likely rise in invasive strep infections in NZ requires a strategy

    … Summary Group A streptococcus (GAS) is a common cause of sore throats and skin infections in children. In rare cases the bacteria can invade deeper …
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  • World Ventil8 Day – How do our buildings measure up?

    … is World Ventil8 Day. This day aims to raise awareness of the importance of ventilation as a crucial part of enabling health and wellbeing. Breathing … may also help, sensors are already available that could be used in existing homes and buildings to measure CO 2 levels …
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  • Junk food and sugar-sweetened beverage taxes: Likely to produce numerous benefits in NZ

    … Poor diet is a major risk factor for excess weight gain and … modelling work that suggests that the implementation of taxes on unhealthy foods and beverages in Aotearoa New … diseases, type 2 diabetes, musculoskeletal disorders (eg, osteoarthritis), and certain forms of cancer (eg, …
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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 Smokefree 2025 goal. However, it is not all bad news. A major avenue of hope for a smokefree Aotearoa comes from … venues. The policy was reviewed in 2015 (10). The Council used the innovative approach of changing their Signs and use …
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  • Can CT screening for lung cancer in New Zealand be cost-effective?

    … mortality. So why aren’t countries rushing to introduce a screening programme? Because there is still doubt about its … it is the most deadly cancer, accounting for almost 20% of all cancer deaths in New Zealand. Lung cancer carries such … findings from the NLST(1), the authors of the NLST study state: “Before public policy recommendations are crafted, the …
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  • Urgently upgrading NZ’s Covid-19 response

    … strategy is now threatened by the global emergence of new variants with increasingly high transmissibility. We … actions include upgrading the Alert Level system with a particular focus on mask use, making the Covid Tracer App … gyms, singing groups/choirs and faith settings (eg, churches); In the event of a visitor not having a …
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  • Rising congenital syphilis in Aotearoa New Zealand needs a strong response

    … Summary The global resurgence of syphilis is affecting Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ). It is … for syphilis can be done in the third trimester guided by a risk assessment yet this can be stigmatizing, inequitable … treatment includes the wrong type of penicillin being used, no treatment being given, and the incorrect regime for …
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