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  • Media release: Why we need an Aotearoa Centre for Disease Control (CDC)

    … and infectious disease experts. In the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre— Why we need an … infrastructure. For example, we are notably absent from the list of countries with field epidemiology training … and operation that is at least partially protected from Government sector reorganisations. The authors note that …
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  • Will regular tobacco tax increases get NZ to the tobacco endgame?

    …   Image from a World Health Organization poster In a modelling study … support), NZ’s smoking prevalence is projected to fall from 15.1% in 2013 to 8.7% by 2025. This result is compared … levels of tax increase (NZ adult population) Where to from here for NZ? These results may encourage NZ policymakers …
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  • Contradictions surround Government’s move to slash tax on heated tobacco products

    … whom are under the age of 18), preventing current smokers from quitting, and thereby sustaining the industry .” The … does not appear to follow the advice she has received from the Ministry of Health; nor does it adhere to the  … she has undertaken, or how she obtained consent from those participating in this experiment. The Associate …
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  • (Un)licensed to kill: do we need to regulate how tobacco is sold?

    … overseas, while the second explores how provisions from the Psychoactive Substances Act 2013 could inform … Huntington Park, California, disallows any new retailers from selling tobacco if they are located in residential … to its 2025 smokefree goal by taking inspiration from Hungary. In 2013, Hungary mandated that tobacco could …
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  • Climate Change and Recent Actions of NZ Political Parties

    … Wellington Regional Council (controlling such emissions from domestic heating could also help reduce carbon emissions) Findings from this review The identified actions are shown in Table 1, … activity in government in this period was poor overall from a climate response perspective as they didn’t fix the …
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  • Strengthening tobacco policy: The case for best practice packaging and regulation

    … in 2012 , plain packaging transformed tobacco packages from marketing media to health promoting platforms and … and move swiftly to introduce dissuasive cigarette sticks. Remove cigarette filters Many people who smoke mistakenly believe that cigarette filters remove toxins from the smoke they inhale and thus reduce the …
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  • Public Health Solutions Series: Stemming the tide of cancer in Aotearoa New Zealand

    … to co-author a commentary on the latest findings from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study.  The study had … than non-Māori, such as lung, liver and stomach .  Aside from the incalculable human cost associated with a … will also exert extra pressure on public cancer services from diagnosis through to treatment, which are already …
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  • Bowel cancer screening – An interesting new US study and thoughts about the NZ situation

    … bowel cancer incidence was reduced by a staggering 63% from 34.2 to 12.5 tumours per 1000 people. Even with the … practice colonoscopy also comes with higher complications, from 6.0% to 8.9% from low to high ADR practice. Using the data from Meester et …
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  • Rising congenital syphilis in Aotearoa New Zealand needs a strong response

    … What is congenital syphilis? Congenital syphilis results from fetal infection with Treponema pallidum transmitted … infected infants can have a spectrum of clinical problems from no symptoms, to preterm birth; to severely affected with … NZ most infectious syphilis cases have been reported from Auckland, Waitemata, Counties Manukau, Waikato and …
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  • Obesity at last on Government agenda, but will Healthy Families NZ be good enough ?

    … airy-fairy, just ask a principal to draw a picture of the food systems in schools and you will get a detailed insight … are. Third, it has very visible and strong leadership from the Health Minister, David Davis, and a highly dynamic … and evidence creating . Its proof of principle came from several long-term community initiatives which I led in …
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