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Media release: Making the consumer care guidelines for electricity retailers mandatory could save lives
… Dr Kimberley O’Sullivan and He Kāinga Oranga Housing and Health Research Programme at the University of Otago … Dr O’Sullivan. In the latest Briefing published by the Public Health Communication Centre , Dr O’Sullivan and … that electricity is an essential service for protecting public health in Aotearoa. “A basic standard of care by …
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Likely rise in invasive strep infections in NZ requires a strategy
… invasive GAS (iGAS). Since late 2022 the World Health Organization (WHO) has described numerous high-income … in NZ. Making iGAS notifiable would support immediate public health actions to control disease spread and provide a … is a notifiable condition in many countries. NZ needs to plan for an increase in iGAS but has limited surveillance and …
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Are we ready to eliminate invasive meningococcal disease in Aotearoa New Zealand?
… communities will be essential to address mistrust in the health system that has hampered rollout of other vaccines. 8 … disease is spread by respiratory transmission. Public health and social measures used to control … vaccine options; A review and analysis of the impacts of public health and social measures on IMD transmission …
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Covid-19 vaccines still protect us: How do we get the best out of them?
… improving outcomes during pregnancy. NZ could get better public health value from these vaccines by: Continuing to ensure … after the last dose. 42 45 Doing this will also allow the public to take advantage of updated vaccines when they become …
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Submission: Fast-Track Approvals Bill
… Read the Public Health Communication Centre submission on the Fast-Track … major projects. The Bill circumvents legal protections for public health, leaving New Zealanders more vulnerable to illness and …
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Standardised packaging: A new era in reducing tobacco marketing in NZ
… of developing an on-going monitoring and evaluation plan around this intervention. We also explain why … their experiences at the World Conference on Tobacco of Health. All commented that, in retrospect, they would have … also to provide evidence that supports other countries’ health goals. Previously, New Zealand has introduced …
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The alarms are flashing red: Five reasons to upgrade our Alert Level system before the next Covid-positive traveller visits a major city
… system. In our recent paper in the journal Lancet Regional Health : ‘Expansion of a national Covid-19 alert level system … phase of the pandemic we need to have vaccination and public health and social measures working together, … a zero level as in the current four-level system) but the public would not need to memorise these levels. Instead, when …
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The Two-Faced Tobacco Industry: Transformation and Cigarillos
… defendants lied, misrepresented, and deceived the American public, including smokers and the young people they avidly … sought as ‘replacement smokers,’ about the devastating health effects of smoking and environmental tobacco smoke .” … conflict between the tobacco industry’s interests and public health policy interests” and requires signatories to …
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Red meat & processed meat: Summarising the Public Health isues
… perspective on other aspects of meat consumption on human health and the environment, and risk communication. The … year (5). Communicating health impacts is challenging. The public is increasingly frustrated by messages of harm from … on the topic). But there is likely to be fairly widespread public agreement that animal welfare does matter and that …
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The rise and rise of specialist vape stores: Time for the Government to act
… little regulatory attention until recently. Many health researchers , schools , communities , parents and … SVRs, require those “approved” to cease trading, and make public information on compliance audits the VRA undertakes, … people and enforce existing regulations. Implications for public health policy and practice Comprehensive cross-sector …
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