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  • COVID-19 hospitalisation peaks in Australian States since Omicron emerged: potential relevance to Aotearoa NZ

    … 2021. This surge has led to extreme stress on the health system , although it appears that the Omicron wave may … suggest the following actions by the Government to aid the management of COVID-19 in NZ and to help ‘flatten the curve’ … a testing strategy (including wider access to RATs and information about how to use them effectively), and greater …
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  • The end game should not be just Smokefree 2025 but also Vapefree

    … Tiriti o Waitangi the Government is obliged to protect the health and wellbeing of Māori. It is further obligated under … evident for women aged 15 to 24 years. In the 2015/16 NZ Health Survey 34% of Māori in this group smoke compared with … with smoking. In recent years, the NZ Ministry of Health has adopted the position that vaping is useful for …
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  • Optimising the effects of plain packaging for tobacco – making Quitline information more salient

    … regulations improve the current presentation of Quitline information and provide smokers with support to manage the … that determine implementation of the new law. The Health Select Committee has proposed four objectives for the … embellished only by large and off-putting pictorial health warnings, are likely to create considerable dissonance …
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  • Lessons learned from a remote blood pressure lowering trial in Aotearoa

    … Wi-Fi-enabled data collection devices, and web-based data management systems offer the opportunity to deliver and … in Aotearoa consume far too much – 40% more than the World Health Organization recommends 3, 4 .  Further, unlike more … against a kind of ‘placebo’, simple ‘heart healthy eating’ information that is readily available to the public. The …
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  • Ready or not? Pandemic preparedness index and implications for NZ

    … vulnerable to the persisting risk of pandemics. The Global Health Security (GHS) Index is one tool for finding out how … .  The world continues to face biological threats  Major health crises beyond the Covid-19 pandemic are almost certain … could be informed by artificial intelligence. The Global Health Security (GHS) Index  The GHS Index is a …
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  • Why the New Zealand Government should reconsider abandoning denicotinised cigarettes

    … of viable alternative sources of nicotine. The public health benefit of denicotinising cigarettes is likely to be … every year from smoking and a persistence of associated health inequities.  Introduction The history of tobacco … regardless of sex or gender, race/ethnicity, age, mental health status, and education or socioeconomic status. 9,10 …
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  • In the news: PHCC launch

    …   Professor Michael Baker launches public health communication centre Stuff featured the launch of the Public Health Communication Centre with a story on 9 February, the … Michael Baker explained the Centre aims to improve health, equity and the environment through better connecting …
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  • Media release: Rise in congenital syphilis requires action – experts

    … cases in NZ in the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre. They say it is a disease we … “Lead maternity carers need to be aware of the NZ Sexual Health Society (NZSHS) recommendation to re-screen for … congenital syphilis cases,” says Dr Sunita Azariah, sexual health specialist and spokesperson for NZSHS. “Some hapū māmā …
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  • Beyond unhelpful dichotomies: a co-regulatory approach to protecting children from junk food marketing

    … The Health Minister is currently deciding how to best address children’s poor health due to diet-related diseases. It is a good time to … (11). By ‘front of pack labels’ I mean nutritional information on the front of food packages meant to help you …
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  • Running into Trouble: COVID-19 in Japan during the Tokyo Olympics

    … the COVID-19 pandemic. Here we consider the many public health implications of the decision to hold the Olympic and … and staff themselves, and the indirect effects on global health and equity. Lessons from this event are also … although there is less evidence for a significant association for infectious respiratory illnesses arising from …
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