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  • Urgent action needed to help eliminate cervical cancer in Aotearoa

    … Summary For the first time, the World Health Organization (WHO) has … (HPV). 2 Recent research showed health system costs for colposcopy and colposcopy directed treatments were $49 … 8 There have been some recent promising gains for Māori and Pacific peoples. 8 But more progress is needed …
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  • Treaty Principles Bill threatens public health and equity: It needs your submission

    … by Māori; Reducing commitment to improve health services for Māori and promote equity ; and Limiting  economic and … and would remove an  important legal and policy mechanism for recognising Māori rights and addressing inequity. The … .  This Briefing summarises what this Bill could mean for public health and equity in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) and …
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  • Hearing loss & social isolation – the silent burden

    … cause of years-lived-with-disability across all ages, and for those over the age of 70 years of age, hearing loss is … 65 years report experiencing hearing loss, relative to 28% for all New Zealanders in this age-group. Further, Māori have a greater unmet need for special equipment (30%) compared to non-Māori (17%) (5). …
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  • Good news on declining smoking rates, especially for Māori. Is it credible? What next?

    … generally fit with other evidence and are good news for health in NZ. And late today Tariana Turia has announced that rates for Māori have fallen nearly 10 percentage points from 2006 … news. This blog considers the results in more detail (for all ethnic groups combined, as Māori data is not yet on …
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  • More evidence that elimination is the best COVID-19 control strategy for health and the economy

    … than average declines in GDP, than 11 other OECD countries for which there were data. That is, the three countries of … elimination countries were found with Google searches for the word “Restaurant”. Achieving “Zero Covid” may also … problem the Report stated, was “especially problematic for businesses that depend on significant social interaction, …
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  • Not forgetting the benefits to youth and non-smokers – an example from increases in tobacco taxes

    … and policies which promote and support quitting. For example, much of the current discourse in the debate … among this age-group can have profound implications for future health. Reducing uptake of smoking among young … in the size of the benefits by different group. For example, some youth who do not take up smoking because of …
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  • Phasing out smoking: The Tobacco-Free Generation policy

    … published a discussion document outlining an Action Plan for achieving the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 goal and invited … key to achieving the Smokefree 2025 goal. Minimum-age laws for sale of tobacco products are intended to provide such … may: Send a misleading message that there is a ‘safe age’ for smoking, and Establish the cigarette as ‘a badge of …
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  • Should NZ spend relatively more health resources on improving men’s health?

    … health. It then discusses if there is a plausible case for shifting more of the available health resources towards … From the tabulated data the above graph has been prepared for this blog to show differences by gender and ethnic group. For males overall, the life expectancy difference (in 2006) …
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  • What does the novel coronavirus epidemic mean for New Zealand?

    … The emerging coronavirus outbreak has tragic consequences for vulnerable populations in its path, but also has … information is shared globally, what this event might mean for New Zealand, and how we can reduce its potential impact … at the time of writing. It is clearly a serious infection for those who are elderly and have underlying illness, with …
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  • Perspective: Options for licensed retailing of nicotine-containing E-Cigarettes in NZ

    … pharmacies and vape shops. It also highlights the need for a very well-considered approach, given consecutive NZ … licensing. In this Perspective Blog , we argue the need for a regulated retail environment, such as should apply to … an important opportunity to introduce a licensing system for both product types (tobacco and e-cigarettes). Licensing …
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