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  • Adaptation important but don’t give up on mitigation—what the new IPCC report means for Aotearoa

    … emissions, global heating will roughly triple by the end of the century. Climate change already damages human health … Author details Prof Alistair Woodward , Professor - Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Auckland Dr John Kerr , Department of Public Health, University of Otago, …
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  • Why a “mouth and nose” lockdown with masks might help avoid a “full body” lockdown at home

    … The concepts of an Alert Level system, household “bubbles”, and social … control measures. Nevertheless, better “source control” of COVID-19 at various Alert Levels by requiring masks in … with the associated adverse economic, social and mental health effects. Typical street/shopping scene in Hong Kong …
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  • Stubbing out democracy: no Government mandate for smokefree repeal

    … whether this action has a mandate and legitimacy. Repeal of the legislation was not put before the electorate in the … have strong public support. Views of community leaders, health organisations and health and smokefree policy experts … deep concerns expressed by numerous groups, including 105 medical, health, education and social service organisations …
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  • A Statue of Merit: Dr Margaret Cruickshank and the 1918 influenza pandemic

    … military statues which represent the racist history of the Southern United States. But in this blog we briefly … contentious. Among the most famous examples was the John Ballance statue in Moutoa Gardens, Whanganui. In 1995 … While we are not applauding dying in the pursuit of medical care in contemporary times (when we know so much more …
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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) … toxicology and cancer biology.” Prof Alistair Woodward  - Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of … Research for Hauora and Health at Massey Univeristy  Prof John D Potter - Research for Hauora and Health at Massey …
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  • Queenstown outbreak highlights future challenges for clean drinking water

    … Safe, good quality drinking water is crucial to public health. The Queenstown cryptosporidiosis outbreak highlights the need for greater understanding of the connections between infrastructure, land use, … Baker ,  Marnie Prickett ,  Dr  Farnaz Pourzand ,  Dr John Kerr , and   Prof Simon Hales , are all researchers in …
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  • We need to talk about breast cancer screening (part 1)

    … Professor Diana Sarfati consider the pros and cons of breast cancer screening, in light of the growing … Task Force (2), the  Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (3) and the UK Independent Review (4). These … but this phenomenon is seen in all cancers (and many other medical conditions) we screen for. The problem is that when …
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  • Why don’t we live as long and healthily as we could: social values and decision making

    … Welcome to this Public Health Expert Blog. This blog is going to consider what we … health.  We will traverse the range from birth to end of life care and death, efficiency versus equity, learning … envelope.  So successful that from 2015 it will take on medical devices (e.g. hip prostheses and heart valves) as …
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  • “Achieving Smokefree Aotearoa by 2025”: a new Action Plan to achieve our smokefree goal

    … A new Action Plan was launched by one of New Zealand’s great tobacco control champions – Dame … received widespread media coverage and support from the medical and health community and organisations; for example the Asthma …
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  • The strong case for mask requirements in public transportation and border control settings in NZ’s current COVID-19 pandemic context

    … a policy should be given very serious consideration by health authorities in the transition to level 2.   As … SARS-CoV-2 is highly infectious, with a large proportion of asymptomatic (including pre-symptomatic) transmission, … of avian influenza virus in aerosols (compared to 97% for medical masks) [16]. Evidence from epidemiological studies: A …
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