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  • NZ’s Environmental Protection Authority in a muddle over weed killer

    … Authority (EPA) chose not to accept the assessment of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) … glyphosate (the active ingredient in “Roundup”) was a “probable carcinogen”. Instead the EPA commissioned its own … is an organophosphorus compound and the most widely used herbicide in the world. In New Zealand, glyphosate is …
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  • NZ Health Strategy Consultation Draft – are the big prevention programmes really in there?

    … In this blog we comment for a second time this week on the consultation draft of the NZ Health Strategy, focusing this time on preventive … activities for DHBs and citizens – not activities for the state through ‘collective action’. So what is missing? Well, …
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  • Covid recovery or sustainable transformation?

    … from the Covid lockdown provides an opportunity for a sustainable transformation of our society and economy, addressing the climate crisis and … difference between Covid and climate change responses is in timescales. Covid will require a largely short-term …
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  • Regulation of alcohol marketing is needed to meet health, wellbeing and equity goals

    … Authority (ASA) has just released the report on its review of their Code for Advertising and Promotion of Alcohol. The … forward are described. In Aotearoa, alcohol results in a wide range of health and social harms affecting both … Commission review back in 2009. 26 This was echoed by the Mental Health and Addiction Inquiry in 2018. 27 Recent Health …
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  • Smokefree cars – an important step towards protecting children from the hazards of smoking

    … harm in Aotearoa. Secondhand smoke (SHS) is a health hazard for children and causes serious diseases, … such as asthma. 1 2 Smoking in the confined space of a car exposes children involuntarily to extremely high … to protect children, and internationally, some local and state jurisdictions introduced laws banning smoking in cars …
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  • Aotearoa’s perinatal and maternal death rates remain inequitable and unjust

    … Summary There has been no significant decrease in all-cause perinatal mortality over the years of 2006-2021 according to the Perinatal and Maternal … have worse perinatal outcomes. The report has also found: A significant decrease in stillbirths, mainly between …
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  • Upgrade of NZ’s COVID-19 Alert Levels Needed to Help Regain NZ’s Elimination Status

    … to NZ’s Alert Level system that involve improved use of mass masking, targeted internal travel restrictions, and … damage in most countries around the world. Nevertheless, a number of jurisdictions appear to have eliminated community transmission of the virus (eg, China, Taiwan, Fiji and 5 Australian States/Territories – …
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  • Cyclone Gabrielle joins list of Aotearoa NZ’s ‘sudden mass fatality events’

    … the deaths caused by Cyclone Gabrielle in the context of previous 'sudden mass fatality events' in Aotearoa New … Gabrielle – which includes impacts on mental health and a major economic burden to the country. Given the scale of … vulnerable areas to reduce the damage to infrastructure (eg, bridges and roads) and to properties. Hopefully specific …
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  • Lessons From history: Helping New Zealand prepare for future influenza pandemics

    … on this NZ troopship (the Tahiti) may have contributed to a particularly severe outbreak during the 1918 influenza … in the last 100 years that have reached New Zealand. Of these, the 1918 one was by far the most severe – in fact … if the time is available before a pandemic reaches NZ (eg, boarding schools, university hostels). Of course crowding …
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  • Why are some preventable cancer deaths in Māori and Pacific peoples increasing?

    … Work we just published shows some adverse trends in cancer deaths by ethnic group, as well as some favourable trends. In this blog we discuss some of the key findings of this research and what the options are … CancerTrends, in the journal BMC Cancer. The results show a changing pattern of ethnic inequalities in cancer in New …
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