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  • The science is certain: masks work. Policy and practice must support their use

    … in many Asian jurisdictions. This gap in our public health protections is seriously undermining our readiness for … requires actions by Government, researchers, and public health decision-makers: Implementing a mask policy to improve … is high. This action protects healthcare workers, the health system, and clinically vulnerable people accessing …
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  • ACC turns 50: A more modern approach to injury prevention needed

    … Stronger collaboration with researchers, public health agencies, and government could enhance ACC’s role in … for prevention? How can ACC play a stronger public health role? Need to update injury prevention model to … ACC is not playing as strong a role as it could in public health promotion, it’s not heeding up-to-date best practice, …
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  • “Achieving Smokefree Aotearoa by 2025”: a new Action Plan to achieve our smokefree goal

    … widespread media coverage and support from the medical and health community and organisations; for example the Asthma … 2017 . In an address at the launch, Associate Minister of Health Nicky Wagner promised to consider the recommendations. … of tobacco tax increases and predicts greater health gain for Māori compared to non-Māori (3,4). We propose …
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  • Using a fun “Mask Day” at school to promote pandemic protection in the NZ community

    … lack of support by the NZ Government and the World Health Organization. Our successful elimination of SARS-CoV-2 … mask. Schools as powerful places to spread positive public health messages  Mass masking is a new norm in many non-Asian … contribution to make in normalising mask use. Effective health communication is a key factor in fighting the COVID-19 …
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  • A 100 years ago today a death ship from NZ arrived in Samoa: A reminder of NZ’s responsibilities to its South Pacific neighbours

    … people on board and the Talune was given a clean “bill of health”. The results of the subsequent pandemic spread were … aspects. For example, it includes reference to Ministry of Health guidelines that include the option of exit measures, … (or that these industries be required to have adequate insurance cover). Nevertheless, additional support by NZ to …
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  • Should you swap sugar for artificial sweetener? Maybe not if you’re a mouse, but what if you’re a human?

    … impact on dental caries, body weight, and other long-term health conditions such as diabetes, is highly topical. The World Health Organization has recently announced that we should … least can lead to the aforementioned undesirable long term health conditions. To see whether the gut bacteria of the …
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  • Young New Zealanders want a tobacco-free future - new research

    … the smokefree laws. We call on the Prime Minister and Health Minister to listen to the New Zealand people and … want a smokefree future.  Implications for public health practice and policy Aotearoa’s world-leading Smokefree … Centre, and Senior Research Fellow, Department of Public Health, University of Otago Wellington  Prof Janet Hoek …
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  • Media release: Severe domestic squalor in Aotearoa New Zealand: A preliminary survey

    … of key agencies. In the latest Briefing for the Public Health Communication Centre, experts in public health and the care of older people lay out the results of … looking at environmental conditions. There are significant health risks for these people living in such environments, as …
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  • Five Potential Enhancements of Covid-19 Outbreak Control in Aotearoa NZ

    … setting nationwide and has expanded mask requirements. The health work force is conducting extensive contact tracing, … here is the way that internal state borders have allowed Australia to have states and territories with no sustained … tracing more difficult, slower, and less complete for health authorities. Therefore, QR code scanning should be …
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  • The case for banning cigarette filters

    … tobacco companies’ search for a solution to growing health “controversies” regarding smoking. Advances in … role in creating a product they know is harmful to human health as well as the environment. 22 Ironically, as recently … with those whose task it is to safeguard the public health ”. This promise calls into question tobacco companies’ …
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