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  • Air pollution in Aotearoa NZ: Five key ways to reduce the massive health and social costs

    … New Zealanders and more than 13,100 hospital admissions for respiratory illness and heart disease. The annual social … in 2016 caused: “more than 13,100 hospital admissions for respiratory and cardiac illnesses, including 845 asthma hospitalisations for children. over 13,200 cases of childhood asthma. …
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  • Flooding, public health – and the need for more emphasis on prevention

    … these issues, and suggests that there may be scope for further preventive action by central and local government … of New Zealand estimating that insurance industry payments for flood damage between 1976 and 2004 averaged $17 million … addition, there is also the damage to uninsured property. For example, the storm and flooding event in the lower North …
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  • Rising congenital syphilis in Aotearoa New Zealand needs a strong response

    … inequitable impacts amongst Māori and Pacific wh ā nau and for women in pregnancy and their pēpē. The consequences of … or syphilis acquired later in pregnancy. Repeat testing for syphilis can be done in the third trimester guided by a … supports all pregnant women to be offered repeat testing for syphilis later in pregnancy as part of the effort to stem …
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  • Improving the health of our children: Project Energize bang for the health $

    … f or Project Energize]. The highlight of the 2014 Budget for children was $90 million to make GP visits and prescriptions free for children aged under 13 from 1 July 2015. There was also $40 million for a new Healthy Families NZ campaign to encourage New …
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  • Lessons From history: Helping New Zealand prepare for future influenza pandemics

    … elsewhere ). Future pandemics are well worth preparing for, given the potential for severe ones to cause high death rates and overwhelm … camp was also made worse by some of the men using tents for accomodation (and many of these blew down when a fierce …
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  • Physical activity or nutrition interventions: which can improve population health the most and save the most health dollars?

    … activity ones – in terms of health gain and potential for cost savings to the health system. This presentation … labelling). During the discussion with the MPs, our host for the evening Louise Upston (National MP for Taupo, and Senior Government Whip) asked a good triple …
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  • “100% Pure” – Public Health Goal Setting

    … Pure” marketing of NZ is marketing hype and an easy target for UK tabloid journalists (see this NZ Herald piece). Nevertheless, there is a case for striving to achieve the “100% level” with certain threats to public health – for example, by achieving Smokefree New Zealand by 2025. This …
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  • Possible strategic approaches to achieve the NZ Government’s Smokefree 2025 goal

    … in NZ. There is also widespread support by the public for tobacco endgame strategies (1-5), or at least for increased government action on tobacco control (including … high smoking prevalence populations like Māori. See for example publications on projections we have performed: …
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  • Note to the Havelock North Inquiry – Think Big

    … such as New Zealand has the means to prevent them? Looking for clues, we turned to a 2007 paper on drinking water … it is impossible to completely eliminate the potential for faecal contamination of water supplies in and around most … countries (including New Zealand) the current processes for identifying and treating water-borne pathogens are …
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  • Communicating public health evidence – a successful first year for the PHCC

    … numbers, and media coverage indicate there is a role for this independent voice. We have covered a wide range of … evidence is not enough. We also need to advocate for evidence-informed and transparent decision-making … health equity ; Strategic directions, notably the need for long term thinking ; Improved interventions, including …
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