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Happiness surveys, & can health sector interventions improve well-being?
… Report 2013 ”, New Zealanders are among the happiest people in the world, ranking 13 th out of 156 nations … what we do and fund. Fortunately, there seem to be many cost-effective interventions to address mental health … mental health loss), while cautiously learning more about how policy might enhance measures of well-being more …
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Ready or not? Pandemic preparedness index and implications for NZ
… Summary This Briefing highlights how the world remains vulnerable to the persisting risk of pandemics. The Global Health Security (GHS) Index is one … and the ‘Risk environment’ are factors not considered by many other measures of pandemic preparedness (such as the …
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NZ’s COVID-19 response compared to selected other jurisdictions: Australia, Taiwan and the United States
… has involved comparing NZ’s COVID-19 response with a range of other jurisdictions, especially: Australia, Taiwan and the … performance The results in the Table above don’t reflect how well Australia has done at the State and Territory level. … the effects of the coronavirus pandemic” [11]. There are many possible reasons for the poor response by the US but in …
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Climate change and cherry blossom
… climate change expert. Alistair was Convening Lead Author of Chapter 11 (Human Health) in the 5 th IPCC Assessment … the IPCC wished for. Delegates talked through the night, many feared the meeting would not come to closure, and the … sticky issues that slowed down progress at Yokohama. How do we represent effects of climate change that are almost …
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Being Bolder – Public Health Endgames for NZ
… At the Public Health Congress in Auckland last week, one of us presented on potential public health endgames – partly … the livelihood and food security of millions of people in the Middle East, Africa and Asia). Such endgames … level elimination successes include: Yaws – eliminated in many countries including India and if global eradication is …
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Care coordination for cancer cost-effective
… the NZ Medical Journal. But care cordiantors will change how patients are treated, and therefore not only change … health gains?” And for which cancers and which type of people? Cost-effectiveness analyses are most commonly used … sparse and low quality research evidence on exactly how many more people would receive chemotherapy with care …
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Public health priorities in this election year
… we take. The list is not exhaustive; we will be covering many more public health issues in the coming months. … government. Read more… We need actions now to ensure all people have access to warm, dry, safe, affordable housing … in Waimate water last year as a clear example of how the current system is failing to keep our drinking water …
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Perspective: Who is responsible for stopping NZ’s obesity epidemic?
… Science (Auckland University Press). If you stop and ask people on the street, nine out of ten (including the … as an issue of personal responsibility. But no matter how appealing the idea that we can change our body size if we … are flattening off (7). Britain is following Mexico and many States in the US with a tax on sugary drinks, but our …
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Stubbing out democracy: no Government mandate for smokefree repeal
… whether this action has a mandate and legitimacy. Repeal of the legislation was not put before the electorate in the … data on adult support, but the 2022 ITC NZ survey of people who have recently quit smoking found strong support … (see table). There was even substantial support among people who smoke for denicotinisation and the smokefree …
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Health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 response: NZ compared to OECD countries
… and -6.3% for the OECD. Nevertheless, a fuller accounting of health, economic and equity impacts probably needs to wait … of “long COVID” where long-term illness may occur even in people with mild or no symptoms during their initial … as Iceland, which re-opened mid-year to tourism from many countries. Tourism flows were low (20% to 25% of normal …
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