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  • How best to classify and count NZ’s border control failures in the COVID-19 pandemic?

    … Credit is owed to political leadership, science advisors, health workers, iwi [3], and indeed the whole “Team of 5 … have occurred (see Table 1). In contrast, the Ministry of Health avoids the term “border failure” but rather details … [7]. Unfortunately, that report from the Ministry of Health, which received wide media coverage, underestimated …
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  • Media release: Why we need an Aotearoa Centre for Disease Control (CDC)

    … to be far worse than Covid-19 according to global health and infectious disease experts. In the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre— Why we need an Aotearoa Centre … need for New Zealand to have a regional and global public health perspective and active global health role.  “There are …
    News

  • Evidence for free school lunches: Are they worth investing in?

    … the programme. 4 Furthermore, lunches meet Ministry of Health nutritional guidelines and provide more than 33% of … for growth and cognitive development. 5 Diet-related health outcomes include substantial mental health improvements (eg,  9-20% gains for children living in …
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  • Ireland leads New Zealand in the battle against obesity

    … cross-sectoral ‘whole of government’ approach to improving health and tackling obesity in the country’s quest to become … impeding change for those well aware of the potential health and well-being consequences to themselves of … and through a dedicated and clearly communicated public health strategy .” Ireland’s Special Action Group on Obesity …
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  • What we would like to see on the Ministry of Health’s website to better inform progress on COVID-19 elimination

    … In this blog we analyse data from the Ministry of Health’s COVID-19 website and display a key graph that we … infected overseas or infected within NZ. The Ministry of Health (MoH) provides some data on confirmed and probable … reported to WHO (Press conference by Director General of Health, 23/4/20). Graphing the separate contribution of …
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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 … for by sick consumers, employers and the taxpayer-funded health sector rather than by the poultry industry which is …
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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 … being developed.  Should policy-makers and researchers care?  Probably.  We believe these methods get us closer and …
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  • Media release: NZ failing to protect children from unhealthy food marketing – new WHO guidelines

    … on many levels when measured up against new World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines according to public health researchers. WHO released a new set of guidelines this … and NZ does neither of these things. In the latest Public Health Communication Centre Briefing - NZ falling behind on …
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  • New Zealand can lead the world in tobacco control: Plain packaging 2.0

    … impactful warning compared to a plain pack with a strong health warning. Evidence that this particular group was less … Initially introduced to increase smokers’ awareness of the health risks smoking causes, new evidence suggests health warnings lack salience for some smoker groups, …
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  • Dementia: Update on causes and prevention, including the role of COVID-19

    … confused at home; losing communication skills and personal-care habits; repeated questioning; and wandering. Finally, … of patients within a California state-wide administrative health database of emergency department and inpatient visits … trauma [ 20] .   A cohort study within the US Veterans Health Administration health care system involved more than …
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