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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 set an ambitious goal to … Elimination is possible because almost all cases of cervical cancer are caused by the human papillomavirus … Advocacy, Cancer Society of New Zealand Dr Kate Gregory , Medical Director, Cancer Society of New Zealand  All authors …
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  • Progress on reducing retail availability of sugary drinks in NZ

    … New Zealand has made some progress in removing the sale of sugary drinks from hospitals and schools. In this blog we … consider what could be done to further reduce availability of these products which are both harming oral health and fuelling the obesity epidemic. There are good …
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  • New e-liquid flavour restrictions: Potential impacts on young people and people who smoke

    … to sustained concerns about the rising prevalence of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) use among young people, many of whom find e-liquid flavours very appealing. At the same … vape retailers. As of 29 July 2021, the Ministry of Health’s list of specialist vape stores included more than …
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  • Consumer Care Guidelines for electricity retailers must be mandatory

    … Summary As He Kāinga Oranga Housing and Health Research Programme at the University of Otago Wellington, we are urging the Electricity Authority … Consumers who rely on electricity at home for their medical needs are not being protected by the Guidelines. …
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  • Is NZ a laggard in responding to climate change?: Results of a Global Index

    … The 2014 edition of the “Climate Change Performance Index” has just been … criteria to assess and rank the climate change response of 58 countries (collectively responsible for more than 90 … citizen” in terms of the global environment and global health. The latest version of the “ Climate Change …
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  • Ethnic inequalities in mortality in NZ and how to reduce them further

    … factors between ethnic groups, improving access to health services, tobacco control and addressing the … Other recent research highlights the overall importance of inequalities to health, with a meta-analysis reporting … rates in NZ over 30 years. We used cohort studies of the entire NZ population using probabilistically-linked …
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  • Improving the health of our children: Project Energize bang for the health $

    … in which she overviews the recent Budget from a child health perspective, and then lays out the case and evidence f or Project Energize]. The highlight of the 2014 Budget for children was $90 million to make GP … is Energized Practices which applies the Energize model to medical centres. This is a 15 month NZ Ministry of Health …
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  • Should smokefree indoor areas = vapefree areas?

    … The NZ Ministry of Health is currently reviewing public submissions on options … consultation raises questions about how the wider uptake of e-cigarette use (known as “vaping”) will be managed. In …
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  • The long shadow of Cyclone Gabrielle: Brief review at 12 months

    … we briefly consider its persisting long shadow in terms of: (i) ongoing disruption to lives and stress from housing … than 10,500 , and caused a range of acute and long-term health effects. The estimated cost was up to $14.5 billion – … details Professor Nick Wilson ,  Adele Broadbent  &  Dr John Kerr . All authors are based at the Public Health …
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  • A Whakawhanaungatanga Māori Wellbeing Model – guiding better housing and urban development

    … Consequently Māori make up a significant proportion of public housing tenants. Developing and managing housing … associated neighbourhoods that support Māori wellbeing is of critical importance. To help the movement toward … and people, and are therefore critical for supporting health and wellbeing by reinforcing identity, belonging and …
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