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  • Being Bolder – Public Health Endgames for NZ

    …   Southern saltmarsh mosquito: A disease vector successfully eliminated from NZ At the … Smokefree Nation Goal for 2025). This blog post provides a brief historical perspective and international perspective … (e.g., it has been eliminated in Iceland ). Campylobacter infection from fresh poultry. There has been substantial …
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  • Three Waters reforms are needed to protect public health and ensure changes are economically sustainable and efficient

    … an outcome of systemic flaws in Aotearoa New Zealand’s (A-NZ) regulatory system for drinking water, which were … reforming the waste, storm and drinking water systems in A-NZ. The final and most contentious aspect of the total … that 34,000 people get sick from drinking water in A-NZ each year. 6 Subsequent water quality reports also show …
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  • NZ compares well with other OECD countries in health & other areas: But scope for improvements

    … shown by the fact that it ranks among the top countries in a large number of topics in the “Better Life Index” [1]. What follows are a list of some of the specifics – both good and not so good. … a person approaches a pedestrian walkway and then turn off after they leave. [3] There is evidence for and against the …
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  • Avoidable hospitalisations: Helping our health system get through COVID-19

    … the reduction of preventable injuries that currently take a toll on hospital and health resources. These include those … health system. Hospital emergency departments (EDs) are a place where the results of health policy are seen most … who are injured. 6 NZ home injuries are much more likely after even light alcohol use. 7 How can we reduce …
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  • Smoking prevalence and trends: key findings in the 2022/23 NZ Health Survey

    … analyses of the New Zealand Health Survey (NZHS) revealed a steady decline in current and daily smoking prevalence from 2011/12 to 2019/20 with a greater rate of decline between 2019/20 and 2021/22. … and socio-economic status (SES) persisted. In addition, a substantial proportion of young people smoked in 2021/22.   …
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  • Surviving winter: NZ’s journey through 145 years of seasonal survival – New study

    … Winter Mortality (EWM) in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) for a 145 year period (from 1876 to 2020). We found that the … to 1.14 in the 2010s. In percentage terms, there was a favourable decline in winter excess deaths from 7.9% of … the combined previous and subsequent 4-month periods, and after some adjustment, expresses the excess as a ratio. The …
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  • Can earthquakes be good for public health?

    … There is no doubt that earthquakes have historically had a terrible impact on human populations – and the shocking … improved urban design and new energy efficient buildings. After earthquakes it may be possible to apply … use. Being trapped in lifts can occur with even relatively mild earthquakes – sometimes because power supplies get …
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  • False zombie arguments about illicit tobacco shouldn’t be given any more oxygen

    … direction: illicit tobacco use has not increased as a proportion of the tobacco market, despite substantial … our smoke-free legislation should be reversed to enable a rapid and equitable fall in smoking and, with it, the … lacking a logical or empirical foundation. 1 Repeated often enough, many people may come to believe these claims,   …
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  • Increasing speed limits defies the science - more deaths and pollution expected

    … In 2023, 341 people died in road crashes in NZ . In around a third of these, speed was a contributing factor , and this proportion rises to over … people use time savings to be more productive, which they often don’t. 15 In fact, making it easier to travel further …
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  • A century of health inequalities in NZ – new data

    … they have always been there. We have just published a study that looks at two historical datasets – with one of … is an important risk factor for health internationally. A recent meta-analysis of 48 cohort studies reported that low … [1]. This work estimated that low SEP is associated with a 2.1-year reduction in life expectancy between ages 40 and …
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