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  • Media release: Covid-19 vaccines work, but we need to do more to get the most out of them

    … experts say we could get even better public health value from the vaccines. In the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre , Professor John Potter from Massey University and co-authors detail how vaccines …
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  • Politicians in Aotearoa NZ live longer than other Kiwis and the gap keeps widening

    … politicians in 11 countries where data were available from 1816 to 2017 (Australia, Austria, Canada, France, … There were 889 NZ politicians included in this study from the NZ House of Representatives (ie, Members of … US (SMR=0.56). For male NZ politicians the extra life span from age 45 compared to the general population since the …
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  • Introducing an Online Data Explorer Tool: 30 years of NZ mortality and cancer data

    … introduce an interactive online tool that enables anyone from researchers, policy-makers, journalists and health … cost of the premature death and cancer diagnoses resulting from these inequalities provide the backdrop and motivate … online The data used to monitor these inequalities comes from the NZ Census Mortality and CancerTrends (NZCMS/CT) …
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  • Breaking the inequity loop

    … was profound.  Best-guesses of Māori population size from back then – they’re only best-guesses, since even in … 5 – suggest that after falling by more than two-thirds from around 150,000 pre-Te Tiriti to less than 50,000 by the … and they were soon abolished. 1,4   Pomare and Buck moved from medicine into politics, and continued their tireless …
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  • An Official Inquiry into the Covid-19 Pandemic Response – It’s Time and it’s Vital

    … apportioning blame for past decisions. Indeed, findings from the inquiry could help with bolstering preparations for both future natural pandemics (eg, from influenza and coronaviruses) but also bioengineered … after the year 1936. Of note was evidence of learnings from these disasters and their associated inquiries in the …
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  • The smokefree policies of political parties: Do they care about people who smoke?

    … to many harmful health effects, including severe effects from the virus. Policies that support people who smoke to be … found little or no specific detail about deterring people from starting or encouraging them to quit their nicotine … the average pack of cigarettes is no more than $20, [and] remove tax from smoking cessation tools’ . A similar tax …
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  • Five lessons for Aotearoa NZ from the current COVID-19 outbreak in New South Wales

    … was involved in transporting international aircrew to and from Sydney Airport tested positive for COVID-19 and was … transmissible Delta variant, which was likely imported from the US ( 4 ). There have been more than 5000 COVID-19 … were not sufficient to prevent severe hardship including food insecurity ( 33 ). Lessons for NSW : The experience of …
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  • Reducing the risk of Covid-19 transmission through the use of air purifiers

    … which spread through the air. 1 The most effective way to remove these particles is by replacing the contaminated … centre of the room At table top height At least a metre from walls, curtains or furniture Away from open windows (so … tested to reach the official HEPA standard. H13 filters remove 99.97% of particles down to 0.3 microns in size. Some …
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  • NZ should prepare for a potentially severe global coronavirus pandemic

    … because of uncertainties in both the numerator (fatalities from this infection) and denominator (those infected, … simulation exercises. (Nevertheless, the plan is still far from optimal, as we discussed in a previous blog on NZ’s … economic impact into consideration and be ready to quickly remove travel restrictions if there is emerging evidence that …
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  • What does art have to do with public health, and how can they work together?

    … First, an array of emerging health issues arising from complex environmental and socio-economic processes, in … One: Public Health & Art in dialogue After a welcome from UOW’s Rautaki Hononga Māori, Toa Waaka, Professor … about the implications for population health, in terms of food supply and environmental decline and biodiversity loss. …
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