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  • The humility of being second to Australia in cancer mortality

    … This is important, highlighting room to improve in our health sector. This blog we canvass how bad (or good) the … has been previously reported by the Ministry of Health , ourselves and others (see North and South Graphic of … the moment is bowel cancer screening. There is currently a pilot in Waitemata – great. But the evidence base that …
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  • Time to stop dodging bullets? NZ’s eight recent border control failures

    … six MIQ facility failures, five involved workers (three health workers, a defence worker and a maintenance worker) … Level 1.5. This Level should include mandated masks on public transport (as being discussed by the Government for … NZ COVID Tracer App for people entering high-risk indoor public places (to facilitate contact tracing if an outbreak …
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  • Food poverty for NZ teens creating an achievement lag of up to four years

    … Summary  The Program for International Student Achievement (PISA) 2022 … is taken into account. Furthermore, the 2022/23 NZ Health Survey revealed the largest jump on record for … the downwards trend of the last decade. Implications for public policy Hunger is major threat to public health and …
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  • How much revenue would a New Zealand sugary drink tax raise? And how might be best to do it?

    … a general background on sugary drink taxes, see previous Public Health Expert blogs regarding the Mexico (see this blog , and … of us has co-authored a paper suggesting the benefits to public health from industry reformulation may exceed the …
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  • Antiviral stockpiles for pandemic preparedness: Time for a careful rethink?

    … have contributed to some of the favourable features of the health sector response to this 2009 pandemic ( reviewed here … compared to previous ones. Part of the NZ Ministry of Health’s current planning includes stockpiling of antivirals. … stockpile to the NZ taxpayer and the need for the public and health workers to have confidence in any antiviral …
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  • What’s the right Covid-19 risk to live with – an Australian perspective

    … Morrison announced the Federal Government’s  four-phase plan . Phase 1 involves vaccinating, preparing and piloting … the state, as well as the optimal strategy in terms of  health and cost impacts . We have now updated this modelling … 240 scenarios. Graphic: Supplied We doubt the Australian public would tolerate more than 10 per cent of their time in …
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  • Increasing whooping cough cases put pēpi at risk. What can be done about it?

    … maternal immunisation system  The single most important public health measure to protect pēpi is ensuring access to … the Immunisation Advisory Centre (IMAC) Dr Emily Dwight , Public Health Registrar, IMAC Prof Peter McIntyre , …
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  • Ten things we can learn from new smoking and vaping data about progress to Smokefree Aotearoa 2025

    … New NZ Health Survey data show some encouraging recent reductions in … provides a summary of some key points from the 2018-19 NZ Health Survey (NZHS) data as available on the 2018-19 annual … explorer website ( https://minhealthnz.shinyapps.io/nz-health-survey-2018-19-annual-data-explorer/ ). The figures …
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  • Smoking and vaping among 14 to 15 year olds: Government action urgently needed

    … rising youth vaping . Manat ū Hauora, the Ministry of Health, accepts vaping offers a reduced harm alternative to … experimentally, are now vaping daily. Implications for public health practice and policy Current measures to protect … of ASPIRE Aotearoa Research Centre and Department of Public Health, University of Otago Wellington Dr Jude Ball , …
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  • The long shadow of Cyclone Gabrielle: Brief review at 12 months

    … than 10,500 , and caused a range of acute and long-term health effects. The estimated cost was up to $14.5 billion – … damage (farmland and tourism sites). Implications for public policy and practice We re-iterate the need for such a … Broadbent  &  Dr John Kerr . All authors are based at the Public Health Communication Centre and Department of Public …
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