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Public Health Solutions Series: Stemming the tide of cancer in Aotearoa New Zealand
… level solutions . The blog is part of the Public Health Solutions series looking at effective public health measures to reduce demand on healthcare quickly. In a … factors have their roots within the social determinants of health , and are strongly patterned by economic and policy …
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Surviving winter: NZ’s journey through 145 years of seasonal survival – New study
… support continuing efforts to investigate the public health benefits of improving housing standards and reducing … 1920s to overall advances in NZ’s economic, social, and health standards. Warmer winters due to climate change may … disease control which protect our population from seasonal health impacts. What is new in this Briefing? Our published …
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The Omicron waves – Comparing Aotearoa NZ and Australia in four key graphs
… (NZ) Government reduces and removes some of the public health measures established to protect New Zealanders from … cases requiring hospitalisation and admission to Intensive Care Units (ICU) in both nations. New case rate of Covid-19 … resourcing of the successful efforts by Māori and Pasifika health service providers. Assess the potential benefits of …
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Pandemic terminology: getting it right matters for effective risk communication and management
… “elimination” below). It would help if the Ministry of Health updated its website to clearly differentiate active … they are proven to be non-infectious). The Ministry of Health has similar definitions relating to eliminating chains … system is not overloaded (eg, hospitals and intensive care facilities are not overloaded) until a vaccine becomes …
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Website Privacy Policy
… This privacy policy relates to the website for the Public Health Communication Centre ( PHCC ), which is hosted by the Public Health Department at Otago University, Wellington campus. The … information in order to send you the latest public health commentary and analysis directly to your inbox. PHCC …
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Submission: Safer Online Services and Media Platforms
… Read the Public Health Communication Centre submission on the Safer Online … for consideration in the submission : Acknowledging public health misinformation as harmful content Acknowledging …
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In the news: Where do the political parties stand on addressing Māori health inequity?
… Māori health consultant Teresa Wall was interviewed by Radio NZ and … her Briefing Where do the parties stand? Addressing Māori health inequity . The NZ Herald ran an opinion editorial … Where do the political parties stand on addressing Māori health inequity? …
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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 … says Professor Hoek. New Zealand has ratified the World Health Organisation’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control …
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News: The PHCC turns one!
… It has been a year since the launch of the Public Health Communication Centre (PHCC) and the new-look Public Health Expert Briefing. You can read about our first year, … work ahead in our special Briefing Communicating public health evidence – a successful first year for the PHCC . … …
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Media release: Money down the drain - The high cost of leaking water pipes
… country upwards of $122 million a year according to public health researchers. In the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre , University of Otago researchers … one of the most fundamental components of good public health – access to safe drinking water – and costs councils, …
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