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

    … illness, hospitalisation, death, and disability from long Covid.  Available evidence supports a strategy that … This is a risk assessment question based on the acute and long-term impacts of Covid-19 infections. In 2022, Covid-19 … with symptoms commonly persisting after three months as long Covid . 5 Infection may damage the circulatory system , …
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  • The Covid-19 experience in Aotearoa New Zealand and other comparable high-income jurisdictions and implications for managing the next pandemic phase

    … public health measures to reduce the immediate and long-term impacts from Covid-19. Covid-19 has become one of … suggesting that one in eight patients will develop Long Covid symptoms. Australia is already reporting significant health care burden from Long Covid in its population.   A major retrospective study …
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  • The Havelock North drinking water inquiry: A wake-up call to rebuild public health in New Zealand

    … of the Havelock North Drinking Water Inquiry describes a long list of failings that contributed to the outbreak. In … little training across the sector. The Report presents a long list of urgent and longer-term interventions to ensure … health agency. Contamination of drinking water is one of a long list of public health threats facing New Zealand. A …
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  • Public health and Budget 2024

    … over the next three years.  Public health, which requires long-term investments in areas like child poverty and housing … funding and increase public understanding of the value of long-term health investments. Despite the tougher … 33% of GDP in 2024 to 31% in 2028.  WHO provides a pretty long list 3 of the social determinants of health: Income and …
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  • Is youth vaping a problem in New Zealand?

    … smoking. 1 Despite uncertainty about ENDS’ immediate and long-term health effects, there is general agreement that vaping is likely to be less harmful than smoking, so long as smokers transition fully from smoking to vaping or … Non-smokers who start vaping face potential risks from long-term use (although the natural history of vaping among …
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  • The Covid inquiry report is an excellent guide to preparing for the next pandemic – health cuts put that at risk

    … for the government to act on the recommendations of the long-awaited inquiry into New Zealand’s Covid response . 1 … and trust. Pandemics require anticipatory governance, and long-term planning and investment. This conclusion is … However, the report doesn’t say much about reducing the long-term effects of Covid infection, notably the large …
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  • In the news: Long Covid: Teachers, healthcare workers most vulnerable occupations, report finds

    … on 26 March following the publication of the Briefing Long Covid in Aotearoa NZ: Risk assessment and preventive … needed . The Briefing presented findings from a review of Long Covid to guide NZ’s response to this public health … having to respond to an increasing number of people with long-term disability from this infection.   Professor Baker …
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  • PHCC monthly Newsletter: September 2024

    … is there a focus on the health of populations, but also a long-term perspective and a concern for addressing health … covering what we know about preventing dementia and Long Covid, actions to improve maternal and infant health, the long-term health burden caused by alcohol and tobacco plus …
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  • Introducing the Public Health Solutions Blog Series

    … illness itself. Simultaneously Covid-19 has fueled long-term demand on health services as a result of deferred routine care and long covid (which will need ongoing multidisciplinary …   and an increase in demand for mental health services . Long standing health workforce shortages have been amplified …
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  • Backing off international infant formula standards: A retrograde step

    … is optimal infant feeding and has many short-and long-term health benefits. In New Zealand, only 17-22% of … are, in fact, mostly repatriated to shareholders abroad. Long term benefits for public and population health will … requirements “do not suit the New Zealand context”. As long as infant formula is safe and the claims on labels are …
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