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  • Public health and Budget 2024

    … health and future generations remains crucial, even as the budget constraints complicate their efforts. Budget 2024 was very much about tax cuts (as promised in the 2023 general election), funded by spending … household will receive an income tax cut worth around 0.5% while a high income earner more like 2%. These are …
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  • Introducing the Public Health Solutions Blog Series

    … system.  The health system is in unprecedented waters. As one author put it “the rules of engagement” underpinning … Covid-19 has fueled long-term demand on health services as a result of deferred routine care and long covid (which … almost every high-income country is in the same situation as us, fighting over the same international pool of health …
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  • Upgrade of NZ’s COVID-19 Alert Levels Needed to Help Regain NZ’s Elimination Status

    … transmission of the virus (eg, China, Taiwan, Fiji and 5 Australian States/Territories – including the island of … site showing graphs of declining new daily cases). As such, these jurisdictions can provide encouragement that a … the pandemic. Nevertheless, it needs further refinements as we suggest below. It should be reviewed and revised …
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  • NZ Health Survey data released today reinforce Smokefree Legislation is crucial to reduce smoking inequities

    … eliminate the health inequities smoking imposes on Māori, as quickly as possible. ” “Smoking prevalence continues to decline, but … to stop smoking and move us to becoming a smokefree nation as quickly as possible.” Associate Professor Andrew Waa, …
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  • Urgent action needed to prevent a measles epidemic in Aotearoa New Zealand

    … where it caused 5707 cases and 83 measles-related deaths. 5 Measles is one of the most infectious diseases known, with … to 2023.  The risk of measles importation is increasing as global coverage also declined during the pandemic. 9 … when they book their travel. Vaccination would be advised as documented immunity would mean they would avoid the need …
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  • The arrival of Candida auris in Aotearoa NZ: risk assessment and actions needed

    … have case fatality estimates ranging from 30-70%. 3-7  As co-morbidities are common however, the mortality that is … to healthy, non-hospitalised New Zealanders is minimal as this pathogen typically only causes infections in … patient should be managed adhering to Contact Precautions as above. See discussion of population-level prevention …
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  • More than 147km – the transformative potential of the Wellington bike network plan

    … and three quarters of people in the city will be within 5 minutes ride of the network.  Following the approach of … about three quarters of cyclists are men. But we know that as the number of people cycling increases this changes, and … car use and greenhouse gas emissions. This is remarkable as a lot of the infrastructure was quite low quality, it …
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  • Ethnic inequalities in mortality in NZ and how to reduce them further

    … ways that these inequalities could be further reduced – as we now detail. Macro-economic and social policies: … insecurity of employment among lower-skilled workers (5). We focus in this blog on areas most related to health … qualifications (6). Addressing the obesogenic environment: As with many other high-income countries, a high body-mass …
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  • Artificially sweetened beverages: What does the latest evidence tell us on health benefits versus harm?

    … the studies that we examined often referred to sweeteners as ‘artificial sweeteners’, and we’ll mainly use this … in cross-sectional (two studies, RR 2.45; (CI: 1.15 to 5.14)) and prospective studies (three studies, RR 1.32, (CI: … [2]. The same limitations of prospective cohort studies as discussed above are relevant for these studies. Narain et …
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  • The Smokefree legislation is evidence-based, removing it is not

    … for the 8150 value being: 6450 to 9890). 1 Over time, as smoking prevalence falls, the number of lives and health … and more suffering among families bereft of loved ones. 5 Economic benefits to society from reducing smoking The … will lead to more ram raids on remaining retailers— as stated by the Prime Minister —lack any evidence base. The …
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