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  • Calling for action on suicide prevention in Aotearoa

    … Action Plan that is transformative rather than additive and acknowledges that the solutions required to prevent … in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ), and 75% of them are men 1 (see Figure 1 below and Appendix for key epidemiological … including products that increase suicide risk and/or access to means. 6 11   A second principle is that suicide …
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  • Running into Trouble: COVID-19 in Japan during the Tokyo Olympics

    … opened, with the opening ceremonies held on 23 July 2021 and competitions scheduled to take place through 9 August … have also been highlighted in leading medical journals 1-3 and by many commenters, particularly in Japan. 4 5 THE … to a test upon arrival, and must either quarantine at home or at another designated facility (depending on the country …
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  • Robust vaccine surveillance shows safety – we need to communicate this better

    … Summary  Vaccines have to meet high effectiveness and safety standards before they are offered to the public … have lowered uptake of Covid-19 vaccination and boosters 1 , as well as other vaccines, such as measles 2 , reducing … understanding and prevention of adverse effects or any other medicine/vaccine-related problem. 3 Today, there …
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  • Rodents running riot in supermarkets – do we need to worry?

    … Summary  In January and February 2024, the public of Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) … around supermarkets in Dunedin, Christchurch and Auckland. 1 The purpose of this Briefing is to look at the ecology of … parts found in food that has been heated such as bread or canned produce are likely to be lower risk and in fact are …
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  • Oral tobacco and nicotine products: Quitting aid or teen addiction risk?

    … appears poised to allow the sale of oral tobacco and nicotine products in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ). These … products include chewing tobacco and tobacco pouches or ‘snus’ (Figure 1). They are made from tobacco and have been used in many …
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  • Fast-track Bill puts NZ on wrong track, threatening public health

    … a small number of Ministers to approve infrastructure and development projects directly, circumventing public … Approvals Bill to Parliament, sparking widespread concern. 1-6 The Bill risks taking Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) in the … Appendix 1 ) to appr ove any project they deem regionally or nationally significant. 8 Projects approved under the Bill …
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  • Dietary counselling – how effective and cost-effective is it?

    … literature (particularly reviews) on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of dietary counselling as a health … counselling often relates to weight management (to prevent or manage obesity-related diseases such as diabetes) but also … a well-studied effective and cost-effective intervention [1]) – but what about dietary counselling? What does the most …
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  • A preventable measles epidemic: Lessons for reforming public health in NZ

    … can be linked to the problems created by long-term erosion and fragmentation of national public health capacity. … is the result of multiple systems failures over a decade or more. In this blog we argue that NZ has an opportunity to … identify and build support for these necessary reforms [ 1 ]. The measles epidemic in NZ resulted in at least 2,180 …
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  • Five Strategic Approaches to Achieving the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Goal

    … potential strategies for achieving this important health and equity goal and discuss their implementation. Smokefree … been described as “a world-leading, bold ‘endgame’ goal” [1]. The goal’s origins were in Māori led advocacy to address … strategies into two major structural interventions, one or both of which must be implemented in order to reach a …
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  • Is youth vaping a problem in New Zealand?

    … report concerns about increasing vaping on school grounds and confiscating vapes, ASH Year 10 survey data have been … a potential means to achieve rapid reductions in smoking. 1 Despite uncertainty about ENDS’ immediate and long-term … so long as smokers transition fully from smoking to vaping or use them to quit their nicotine addiction completely. …
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