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  • Reducing the spread of antibiotic resistance in New Zealand, action is long overdue!

    … Zealand College of General Practitioners, should set goals to strongly encourage sustained cumulative reductions in inappropriate antibiotic prescribing. Evidence from other countries shows that large reductions in community … use can be achieved without adverse consequences.  Failure to dramatically reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing …
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  • NZ’s COVID-19 response compared to selected other jurisdictions: Australia, Taiwan and the United States

    … OECD country data with NZ having the lowest mortality rate from COVID-19 in this grouping [1]. But over the last six … New Zealand “was having a big surge of cases” relative to the situation in the US. In this blog we update the … performance The results in the Table above don’t reflect how well Australia has done at the State and Territory level. …
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  • Comparing health interventions in a meaningful way – Introducing the BODE3 Interactive League Table

    … table is a useful tool for researchers and policy-makers to get an informed ‘first impression’ of what are the best … This all means that adopting more optimal policies (from a health perspective) is sometimes difficult. Hence the … brief example.  Future blogs will provide a bit more of a ‘how to’ guide to use the BODE 3  Interactive League Table , …
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  • Possible strategic approaches to achieve the NZ Government’s Smokefree 2025 goal

    … per annum increases in tobacco tax alone will not be able to achieve the 2025 Goal. In this blog post we outline our favoured package to achieve the 2025 Goal which is ongoing increases in … the current state-of-the-art tobacco control interventions from around the world e.g., plain packaging, banning …
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  • Smokefree cars legislation: Should the new government make this a priority?

    … carrying children. This would demonstrate their commitment to children’s health and well-being, respond to public and smoker opinion, follow official and … of children exposed to smoking in cars decreased slightly from 2006 to 2014. However, in 2015 (the most recent data …
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  • Why do so many fear the bicycle?

    … quantifying the risk of cycling injury. We found it to be low compared to other activites that New Zealanders … bike is shunted, literally, to the side of the road), and how this might be changed.   “It is too dangerous” is the … way to bring bikes back from the margin is to provide safe spaces for cyclists of all abilities to get to where …
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  • Consumer Care Guidelines for electricity retailers must be mandatory

    … Otago Wellington, we are urging the Electricity Authority to make the Consumer Care Guidelines for electricity retailers mandatory to protect health. A new report shows up to 55% of … not being protected by the Guidelines. Based on evidence from our own and other research, our He Kāinga Oranga / …
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  • The end game should not be just Smokefree 2025 but also Vapefree

    … in the smokefree arena and is doubling down on its efforts to reach the 2025 goal. This blog asks if it is enough to aim just for smokefree or whether Te Tiriti o Waitangi … of the Child (UNCROC) to ensure children are protected from the harms associated with smoking. In recent years, the …
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  • Modelling tobacco tax – implications of BODE3 paper just out, and personal reflections on the research journey

    … paper is important. I also reflect on my 8 year journey from laying the foundations for this paper to its actual publication, the realisation of a vision of … We have previously published research and blogs showing how – as best we can model – that ongoing 10% per annum …
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  • Proposed Emissions Reduction Plan: A weak response to a weak target

    … developed by the previous government that were likely to be effective in reducing emissions. It relies instead on … in transport, agriculture and environment will lead to increased emissions so are working against the ERP2. As a … preferable for the NDC to be met to a far greater degree from domestic emission reductions, which are more secure, …
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