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  • ACC turns 50: A more modern approach to injury prevention needed

    … the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) was launched to provide world-leading, universal, no-fault compensation … of the individual. The government can play an important role in promoting a safer system. For instance simple home modifications in all NZ houses could reduce fall-related injuries by around 26%. 4 However, there …
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  • Three Waters reforms are needed to protect public health and ensure changes are economically sustainable and efficient

    … this blog, we re-focus the discussion on the critical need to reform the management of drinking water resources which is … an outcome of systemic flaws in Aotearoa New Zealand’s (A-NZ) regulatory system for drinking water, which were … required to fund major infrastructure projects. Another important advantage of amalgamation is to optimise the work …
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  • Why the New Zealand Government should reconsider abandoning denicotinised cigarettes

    … Summary New Zealand is the first country to enact legislation to “denicotinise” cigarettes to … also accelerate switching to alternative products such as vaping devices resulting in reduced exposure to toxicants. … with the potential for a ripple effect that could greatly reduce the global devastation smoking causes. At the centre …
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  • Protecting fresh waterways in Aotearoa/NZ: The strong Public Health case

    … in water; (3) avoiding algal blooms that are hazardous to health; (4) protecting mahinga kai uses (cultural … or recreational contact with contaminated water is an important risk factor for several zoonotic diseases [6, 7]. … that improving water supply quality in New Zealand could reduce vulnerability to the impact of climate change on …
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  • Is Keytruda for advanced melanoma cost-effective? Applying the BODE3 rapid cost effectiveness calculator

    … pembrolizumab, is a new immune inhibitor drug that appears to have pronounced effectiveness in slowing – even reversing … and find that Keytruda may well be (just) cost-effective – but with huge uncertainty, and variably by age. This blog … on Radio NZ . Just before leaving the calculator, it is important to note that cost-effectiveness can vary enormously …
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  • Avoidable hospitalisations: Helping our health system get through COVID-19

    … that New Zealand can use intense public health controls to eradicate COVID-19 from the country – we must also plan … (NZ) Government policy on COVID-19 needs to quickly reduce this type of health system stress. The reduction of … gambling, and more successful quitting from smoking. 14 15 But most of all, we need to consider the policies in the …
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  • The long shadow of Cyclone Gabrielle: Brief review at 12 months

    … persisting long shadow in terms of: (i) ongoing disruption to lives and stress from housing damage; (ii) ongoing … see the Appendix ). The process of buyouts has begun, but in Hawke’s Bay it took 10 months for the first of these … will be a “three-to-four year recovery”. 12 Sites that are important to tourism also remain damaged. At the start of …
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  • An Official Inquiry into the Covid-19 Pandemic Response – It’s Time and it’s Vital

    … response. In this blog we explain how it is now time to announce the process and timetable for such an official … strategy at a time of widespread transmission. But the country’s Covid-19 response has fallen short in a … been no move to put a review in place. We argue that it is important a start is made while memories are clear and …
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  • Regulation of alcohol marketing is needed to meet health, wellbeing and equity goals

    … the code. The ASA exemplifies both an ineffective approach to protection of the population from harm, and an explicit … restrictions on marketing as one of the “best buys” to reduce harm. 5 Children and adolescents are particularly … they were thinking about cutting back on drinking, 10 but heavy and problem drinkers have been shown to be more …
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  • Advance Care Planning – good for patient care and better use of health dollars?

    … the baby boomers die. Expenditure on dying people is going to rise. However Advanced Care Planning can potentially … “informed consent” around the end of life. There are two important reasons for this. The first is well illustrated by … more expenditure. In the last few weeks there have been proposals for a bowel cancer screening programme, for more …
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