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  • Expansion of “green zones” may provide a chance for the global eradication of COVID-19

    … advances. Perhaps most surprisingly, was that traditional public health and social measures (PHSMs) could stop the spread of a … NZ). Progressive elimination and eradication offers huge public health benefits [6]. Firstly, prevention of disease …
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  • Advising men on prostate cancer screening – is the cart before the horse in terms of evidence?

    … recent pamphlets from circulation, and advice GPs and the public that there is insufficient evidence to recommend … to the current recommendations of the NZ Ministry of Health appointed “Prostate Cancer Taskforce” that men should … and their health providers. Focusing attention and public resources on screening programmes for which there is …
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  • Food taxes and subsidies will probably protect health & reduce inequalities – but the devil is in the detail

    … last week of Appetite for Destruction that is focusing public attention on our food environment, including taxes and … among socially disadvantaged groups with worse diets and health to start with. But the proof is in the pudding, which … study of changes in food prices that matter for public health – not just for agricultural interests.  For …
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  • A Whakawhanaungatanga Māori Wellbeing Model – guiding better housing and urban development

    … in Aotearoa New Zealand including rapid investment in public and community housing. Māori are highly urbanised and … Consequently Māori make up a significant proportion of public housing tenants. Developing and managing housing and … and people, and are therefore critical for supporting health and wellbeing by reinforcing identity, belonging and …
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  • Being Bolder – Public Health Endgames for NZ

    … A disease vector successfully eliminated from NZ At the Public Health Congress in Auckland last week, one of us presented on potential public health endgames – partly to inform thinking around the …
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  • New Zealand’s hard-won improvements to our Building Code must be retained: Here’s why

    … just affect industry, it will impact energy savings and health. In this Briefing, we lay out the evidence for … Housing and Health Research Programme, Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington Andrew Eagles … Housing and Health Research Programme, Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington Professor …
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  • Long COVID: a crucial reason for vax, mask, and distance

    … There are insufficient data to provide a trajectory or a timeline for duration and resolution. The downstream damage … or after COVID-19. A society wanting to minimise the health and cost burden of managing long COVID would therefore … as well as minimise risk of infection with standard public health and social measures. Introduction In the …
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  • Health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 response: NZ compared to OECD countries

    … -6.3% for the OECD. Nevertheless, a fuller accounting of health, economic and equity impacts probably needs to wait … available and border restrictions are lifted. Despite NZ’s health success there is still a need to improve border … 6 However, given NZ’s lack of pandemic preparations 26 and public health infrastructure compared to Taiwan, 21 a …
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  • Introducing an Online Data Explorer Tool: 30 years of NZ mortality and cancer data

    … anyone from researchers, policy-makers, journalists and health practitioners to access high quality data on these … inequalities provide the backdrop and motivate much of the public health work in NZ. However, these data have not always … available online for users to analyse themselves, and the public health community has been reliant on reports and …
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  • A single shot to prevent cancer? HPV vaccine can!

    … has yet to reach the original 75% target. The World Health Organization now recommends a 1-dose vaccine schedule … the  Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and the  Public Service Commission ) to adjudicate on options to … Officer of Health, Tairāwhiti (on sabbatical with the Public Health Communication Centre) Prof Nikki Turner , …
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