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NZ’s “Team of 5 million” has achieved the lowest COVID-19 death rate in the OECD – but there are still gaps in our pandemic response
… Minister’s and Director General’s communication with the public [4], which built public trust; use of science advice … the risk management maxim of learning from errors, and the health protection approach of building multi-barrier … like to see much faster progress with a publicly available plan for roll-out for major cities in the near future. …
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Vaccination is often cost-effective but not (currently) HPV vaccination for boys in NZ
… – which is often, but not always, a good use of limited health sector resources. Similar to many developed … the benefits of HPV vaccination on a wide range of future health outcomes (i.e., cervical cancer, pre-cancer (CIN I to … cost of not funding interventions that achieve more health gain (i.e. inefficient resource allocation, or more …
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Upgrade of NZ’s COVID-19 Alert Levels Needed to Help Regain NZ’s Elimination Status
… pandemic virus is highly infectious and is causing major health and economic damage in most countries around the … for this approach . There are also ongoing high levels of public support for the elimination strategy based on a recent … There has also been successful adoption of mass masking on public transport around the country, including positive …
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The need for an expanded national smokefree law – just got more critical
… while they gambled. The NGOs noted that any member of the public would regard such an area as “substantially enclosed” … new Calculator will have to be designed by the Ministry of Health so that it produces results that are more consistent … effect of other people’s smoking” in indoor workplaces and public places – s.4a. The definition of an “internal area” …
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The PHCC featured in University of Otago Magazine
… a platform to share evidence produced by researchers on public health and social determinants of health that shape our … Michael Baker tells the University of Otago Magazine. The Public Health Communication Centre featured in the July …
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Media release: Councils encouraged to curb alcohol availability in new policy environment
… availability and the associated harms, according to public health experts. In a Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre, Health Coalition Aotearoa …
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PHCC monthly newsletter: November 2024
… Read the latest from the Public Health Communication Centre in our November newsletter . This … The Briefings present evidence of the benefits from a public health approach based on improving wider social …
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News: Fears NZ on track to fall well short of Smokefree 2025 goal
… smoking rates continue to flatline as revealed by the NZ Health Survey data. Prof Edwards was responding questions … trends: Important findings from the 2023-24 New Zealand Health Survey . He also spoke to Newstalk ZB on the smoking … prevalence and trends: Important findings from 2023-24 NZ Health Survey . The data show vaping prevalence is …
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PHCC monthly newsletter: December 2024
… Read the latest from the Public Health Communication Centre in our December newsletter . We … that the report comes at a time of major staff cuts in public health. Other Briefings look at National Health …
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PHCC Newsletter Dec 2024-Feb-2025
… our two year anniversary edition. In Communicating public health evidence: Two highly productive years for the PHCC , … and policy formulation with a strong focus on emerging health threats such as epidemics, as well as policy debates …
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