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  • NZ’s long-running Campylobacter epidemic from poultry: Now with antibiotic resistance

    … treatment. AMR is considered a major threat to global health and the World Health Organization is urging all states to take immediate … per 100,000 in 2014 [ 10 ]) and more than 50% higher than Australia (94 per 100,000 in 2013 [ 11 ]). Largely …
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  • How much of Māori:European mortality inequalities are due to socioeconomic position and tobacco?

    … need to know how much of ethnic inequalities in health are due to socioeconomic position and tobacco smoking, … by as much. “How much of ethnic inequalities in health are due to socioeconomic position?” And “How much are … causal pathways from data we observe only once, i.e. history as it unfolded”. However, these questions are so …
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  • Will the Government’s new Smokefree Plan achieve Aotearoa’s smokefree goal?

    … messaging and campaigns to prevent uptake; providing health promotion resources to communities; increasing retail … support (e.g. through brief interventions in primary health services) and supporting people to stay ‘smokefree’ … released the in the same week that sweeping cuts to public health staff were announced . In the absence of appropriate …
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  • The COVID-19 house fire and the unbearable silence of fire alarms

    … ” ) WHO? The Emergency Committee The international health regulations (IHR) provide for the Emergency Committee of the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare a Public Health … vaccines, with long-term predictable funding and public-private partnership. Earlier detection and faster scaling of …
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  • Smoking prevalence and trends: important findings from the 2023-24 New Zealand Health Survey

    … Summary New Zealand Health Survey (NZHS) data for 2023/2024 were released on 19 … on smoking prevalence from the 2023/24 New Zealand Health Survey (NZHS). The NZHS is an annual nationally … presented in this article are available on the Ministry of Health website ) .  Overall smoking prevalence trends Daily …
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  • Media release: Increases in speed limits: Unjust and unjustifiable

    … global efforts to improve road safety according to public health experts. The increase in speed limits in New Zealand’s … and others in  the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre . The Government  has based the … Otago says  this approach fails to consider wider public health impacts, such as discouraging people from walking and …
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  • The Two-Faced Tobacco Industry: Transformation and Cigarillos

    … sought as ‘replacement smokers,’ about the devastating health effects of smoking and environmental tobacco smoke .” … has seen millions of people die prematurely. The World Health Organization recognised the sustained threat the tobacco industry poses to health, and developed the Framework Convention on Tobacco …
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  • Media release: Youth vaping -The implications of addiction

    … negative impacts on their wellbeing, warn public health and addiction experts. In the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre, University of Otago ASPIRE … The debate around vaping has generally focused on harm to health but nicotine addiction has wider implications for …
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  • Vaping prevalence and trends: key findings in the 2022/23 NZ Health Survey

    … vaping according to the latest data from the New Zealand Health Survey released this month. The increase in recent … created concern among parents, communities, schools, and health workers. This Briefing summarises key findings on vaping prevalence from the 2022/23 New Zealand Health Survey (NZHS). A previous Briefing provided similar …
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  • E-bikes are the new cars- why don’t transport policy makers treat them seriously?

    … in this blog we outline what we know about the carbon and health impacts of e-bikes. Then we look at policy in this … system. Image supplied by author Are e-bikes good for your health? The evidence we have suggests, on balance, yes. A … in cars, thus reducing tailpipe carbon emissions from private vehicles. A recent review and meta-analysis of 24 …
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