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  • The policy bonfire of environment protection: 10 examples that threaten public health

    … of water, air, and climate. The implications for public health of these policy changes are significant, impacting communities’ health directly and indirectly. Aotearoa New Zealand … of dollars damage from Cyclone Gabrielle this year. With health and well-being already seriously impacted by …
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  • Emphasis on indigenous forests in ETS would benefit public health

    … to the review . We touch on the impacts to human health from climate change and then outline the problems for public health from landscapes dominated by monocultural forestry. We highlight the public health and other co-benefits from redesigning the ETS to …
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  • NZ Health Strategy Consultation Draft – are the big prevention programmes really in there?

    … second time this week on the consultation draft of the NZ Health Strategy, focusing this time on preventive … that actually would make a meaningful difference to health in Aotearoa NZ. The draft Strategy has many strong … and tobacco tax dwarf those for Herceptin and cancer care coordinators. (To put these numbers in perspective, the …
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  • Public Health Communication Centre strategic outline

    … Our purpose To effectively communicate public health research evidence in order to protect and improve the health, well-being, and equity of the people of Aotearoa New Zealand and the health of the environment in which we live. Primary Charter …
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  • Avoidable hospitalisations: Helping our health system get through COVID-19

    … it is possible that New Zealand can use intense public health controls to eradicate COVID-19 from the country – we … many urgently hospitalised. 1 Better resilience for our health system in the face of COVID-19 must include reducing … injuries that currently take a toll on hospital and health resources. These include those caused by alcohol, …
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  • Why we need an Aotearoa Centre for Disease Control (CDC)

    … and integrate these efforts to improve long-term health security in Aotearoa New Zealand, the Pacific, and … The Covid-19 pandemic has had an enormous impact on health and the economy in Aotearoa NZ (NZ) and globally. 1 , … 7 Many countries have also been strengthening their public health workforce training for decades, but NZ is notably …
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  • A new online calculator for estimating how much a society might spend on life-saving interventions

    … investment society might consider spending on life-saving health interventions, while remaining cost-effective. For NZ, … gained and the person is returned to the expected health status of the average NZ citizen. These results are … health sector policy-makers need to take increasing care in allocating finite health resources in ways that …
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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 … are urging the Electricity Authority to make the Consumer Care Guidelines for electricity retailers mandatory to protect health. A new report shows up to 55% of residential consumers …
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  • More courage needed from our political parties—reviewing our election series

    … where political parties stand on issues that impact the health and wellbeing of our population. In this article we … parties stand” series, in which we put a range of public health issues to the five parties currently in parliament. We … and catastrophic risk, tax reform, water quality, Māori health inequity, and transport.  Here we summarise each of …
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  • COVID-19 and Māori health – when equity is more than a word

    … As Māori academics, researchers and health professionals, we are extremely concerned about the … We are also worried by the inadequate focus on Māori health equity in pandemic planning within the health and … and/or amenable conditions and receive lower quality care. 24-25  In addition, racism within the health and …
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