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  • Google Street View – A Useful Research Tool?

    … research possibilities of this tool of relevance to public health. Using Google Street View (GSV) for research is … (ie, as per the Americans with Disabilities Act Access Guidelines) and social activity in a rural community in the USA [14]. In disaster preparedness in Japan …
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  • Media release: NZ failing to protect children from unhealthy food marketing – new WHO guidelines

    … on many levels when measured up against new World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines according to public health researchers. WHO released a new set of guidelines this … and NZ does neither of these things. In the latest Public Health Communication Centre Briefing - NZ falling behind on …
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  • Media release: Oral tobacco and nicotine products: Do we want them in NZ?

    … and nicotine products in Aotearoa NZ. However public health researchers warn that the tobacco industry is … the products, their marketing and their risks to health in the  latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre. Dr Jude Ball says companies …
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  • Media release: Experts urge NZ-Australia pandemic pact for future preparedness

    … Public health experts believe a NZ-Australia pandemic cooperation … future pandemics. In the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre, Professor Nick Wilson from the … maximise the two countries’ capacity to best protect the health and wellbeing of their populations facing increasing …
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  • The arrival of Candida auris in Aotearoa NZ: risk assessment and actions needed

    … practises adopted by the CDC and Victoria Department of Health in Australia have been effective in managing C. auris … in healthcare settings 38 and it is not clear whether community transmission of C. auris occurs. 39 Including C. … and placement of the patient in a single room, healthcare staff use of PPE and excellent hand hygiene will also help to …
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  • Management of Auckland’s border and COVID-19

    … (7 November 2021), the 7-day average number of new community cases per day was 138 in Auckland, and 7.0 for areas outside Auckland with known Covid-19 community transmission (Northland and Waikato), making … risk than Aucklanders wastes limited MIQ space. Public health would be better served by having those rooms available …
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  • Media release: Call for transparency from the Government on tobacco industry influence and connections

    … decision to repeal the Smokefree legislation, Public Health experts are calling on coalition Government members to … tobacco companies. In the latest Briefing by the Public Health Communication Centre , Professor Janet Hoek and … declare all past and current interactions of any kind with staff of tobacco companies, or members of groups funded by …
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  • Strengthening tobacco policy: The case for best practice packaging and regulation

    … transformed tobacco packages from marketing media to health promoting platforms and greatly reduced the appeal of … more effectively with people who smoke. Introduce health promoting inserts Participants found on-pack warnings … could succeed in becoming smokefree. 9 Canada has used health promoting inserts for many years, Australia is …
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  • Climate Change and Recent Actions of NZ Political Parties

    … A/Prof Ralph Chapman, Prof Philippa Howden-Chapman The health organisation OraTaiao convened a group of experts to … with both opportunities for advancing development and health [1] and also a range of possible disastrous outcomes … actions and not on activity at the local government or community levels. The data sources for this analysis …
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  • The COVID-19 pandemic in Aotearoa/NZ: A brief photo-essay with 10 photos

    … 1 The goal of eliminating COVID-19 transmission in the community has driven subsequent interventions to keep it out … transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic virus in the community.   Figure 3: A new type of “rush hour” , with this … an existing resource and supporting employment of hotel staff at a time when international tourism has ended. …
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