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  • It’s been 3 years since COVID entered New Zealand – here are 3 ways to improve our response

    … infection to reduce the frequency of infection and adverse health effects. This strategy needs to be delivered in an … universal vaccine programmes , improving ventilation in public buildings ,   and strategic mask use in enclosed public environments (for example, public transport). 17 18 …
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  • Is funding Euthanasia a health priority for Aotearoa New Zealand: Part 2?

    … The objective of the Crown providing funding for health practitioners to deliver assisted dying services is to … of health funding and increasing demand on stretched public hospital services. The need to fully fund palliative … euthanasia a health priority for New Zealand at present. Public Health Expert. Retrieved from …
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  • A call for smart food policies to create an ‘appetite for health’

    … for some smart food policies to create an ‘appetite for health’. In this blog, we discuss what a new network of … including New Zealand, the implementation of strong public health policies is lagging, mainly due to powerful … settings, a national expert committee of non-government public health nutrition experts and NGOs will be invited to …
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  • Low-cost heart-healthy bread for NZ

    … just published on optimising the design of bread for heart health. Using linear programming we found it possible to … on many issues such as the priority given to protecting public health and the cost-effectiveness of such a programme … routinely). Possible next steps? An institution such as a public hospital with its own bakery could “market test” the …
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  • Obesity at last on Government agenda, but will Healthy Families NZ be good enough ?

    … will be based on Healthy Together Victoria (HTV) which the Health Minister, Tony Ryall, visited on a recent trip to … provides local government with a legal responsibility for public health and most of the on-the-ground funding is going … through other local organisations such as DHBs, NGOs and public health units. Will it work? If the characteristics …
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  • Digesting things further: High dietary salt intakes are almost certainly problematic

    … We recently did a blog post on dietary salt and health , particularly with regard to a new large prospective … trial in China is completed (7). 3. Although many public health and nutritional scientists may be reassured by … relating to dietary salt and health. 4. In the meantime public health policy is, we believe justified to continue …
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  • Bowel cancer screening – An interesting new US study and thoughts about the NZ situation

    … current NZ context for bowel cancer screening.   The US health system is renowned for doing things fully – many would … screening. A recent review of screening programmes , by public health practitioners, cast out the majority of … life-year (QALY) gained, this might be a good use of public health dollars. (It will, in all likelihood, cost more …
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  • Five Strategic Approaches to Achieving the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Goal

    … out five potential strategies for achieving this important health and equity goal and discuss their implementation. … take bold, logic- and evidenced-based actions to address public health crises. Just as these innovative and rigorous … Furthermore, surveys have repeatedly found very strong public support for this measure, including among NZ smokers …
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  • Highly variable cost-effectiveness with disease characteristics and age: Herceptin as a Case Study

    … we just published in the journal PLoS Medicine about the health gains, costs, and cost-effectiveness of Herceptin. It … of the available evidence at the time, but caused public controversy. To cut a long story short: it gave rise … legal challenge, a High Court-ordered reconsideration, 300 public submissions, a re-confirmed PHARMAC decision, and …
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  • Media release: Poor ventilation on buses and trains – a fixable risk to health

    … according to new research. The latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre details the results of testing on public transport from April to June. The research measured …
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