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  • Can earthquakes be good for public health?

    … might be the potential long-term benefits of earthquakes for public health. So here are a few examples relating to … stairs over lifts. 1) Post-earthquake rebuilds can allow for improved urban design and new energy efficient buildings. … be possible to apply state-of-the-art urban design to make for more liveable and healthy towns and cities. Components …
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  • Highly variable cost-effectiveness with disease characteristics and age: Herceptin as a Case Study

    … is.   Most of you will recognise Herceptin (trastuzumab) for the controversy that surrounded it, rather than for the breast cancer treatment drug itself. Breast cancer … uman e pidermal growth factor r eceptor- 2 positive (HER2+ for short) is more aggressive than other types of breast …
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  • Wellbeing in public housing vs. private rentals: Quality and security make the difference

    … housing gained in terms of housing quality and wellbeing. For instance, using GSS data,  Anastasiadis et al 1  show … (a key subjective wellbeing indicator) was higher for those placed in public housing than for those who … for providers who are not eligible for the income-related rent subsidy.    Second, as length of tenure increases, the …
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  • Carcinogen exposure in Aotearoa workplaces is unacceptably high

    … Summary New Zealand Carcinogens Survey reveals for the first time the extent to which New Zealanders … establishing lifetime access to screening and healthcare for those at high risk of exposure. Background Work-related disease is estimated to account for 750-900 deaths each year in New Zealand and cancer …
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  • A National risks assessment should include pandemics and other global catastrophes

    … and Cabinet in conjunction with nine agencies responsible for protecting NZ from national security threats. Media have … as: Developing trusted leadership and accountability for national security risks Partnerships with the … significant threats New Zealanders are concerned about for the next decade ’. However, these may be different from …
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  • Reducing tobacco retail availability: how could this be achieved and what evidence supports the NZ Government’s proposals?

    … published a Discussion Document outlining an Action Plan for the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 goal. This blog is one of a … store types. In this blog, we discuss the evidence base for each of these three measures. Licensing tobacco retailers … proposals note, retailer licensing is a pre-requisite for reducing tobacco retail availability, providing a tool to …
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  • Removing the nicotine from tobacco: The key component of the current Smokefree Bill

    … policy. In a previous blog we summarised the evidence for and against denicotinisation. This blog updates the … of tobacco. 1 Our blog in April 2021 summarised the case for denicotinisation as follows: Theory and logic suggests … developments in the evidence base strengthen the case for denicotinisation being the single most important measure …
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  • Is NZ a laggard in responding to climate change?: Results of a Global Index

    … change response of 58 countries (collectively responsible for more than 90 percent of global energy-related CO 2 … By this measure, NZ ranks in the bottom half of the OECD for responding to the climate change problem. This blog post … some of the details and considers what NZ could be aiming for if it is to be a responsible “international citizen” in …
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  • Testing for COVID-19 in NZ to achieve the elimination goal

    … In this blog we raise ideas for how New Zealand might optimise testing to both identify … along with changes in the case definition, has allowed for a shift to testing more potential cases in the community. … through incomplete test sensitivity eg, estimated at 70% for a RT-PCR test, as per one study [7]. Identifying COVID-19 …
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  • Expanding Ka Ora, Ka Ako is ‘bread and butter’ action to alleviate the cost-of-healthy-food crisis

    … prices increased by 21% in 2023 alone, compared to 12% for general grocery items. These cost increases have occurred … doubling Ka Ora, Ka Ako. The data illustrates a clear need for short-term interventions to help people access healthy … programme, Ka Ora, Ka Ako . This programme was introduced for the quarter of primary, intermediate and secondary …
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