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Media release: Aotearoa NZ is on the brink of a measles epidemic: Urgent action needed
… because of falling immunisation rates, immunity gaps, and an increasing risk of imported cases according to public … Centre, University of Otago Professor Michael Baker and co-authors lay out the evidence showing New Zealand is … family measles immunity, and get vaccinated if susceptible or uncertain. Rapidly addressing immunity gaps, with the …
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Preventing falls can be very cost-effective in NZ – New study
… people. This work suggests that this approach (home-based or group-based exercise) is good value for money for the NZ … . Falls among older people are common, with high morbidity and mortality impacts. Yet there are interventions that can … loose rugs etc. It was also a ‘good buy’ (ICER = $9000 [ 1 ]), and even more so in one particular DHB that we studied: …
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Media release: NZ failing to protect children from unhealthy food marketing – new WHO guidelines
… in saturated fatty acids, trans-fatty acids, free sugars and/or salt to children. University of Auckland researcher, Dr … says WHO states restricting marketing should be mandatory and protect children of all ages and NZ does neither of these …
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Introducing the Public Health Solutions Blog Series
… on health services as a result of deferred routine care and long covid (which will need ongoing multidisciplinary … years with higher levels of psychological distress and an increase in demand for mental health services . Long … for our health professionals. There are no easy or quick fixes to this. We cannot recruit or train our way …
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Continuing annual tobacco tax increases: New modelling of the likely impact
… smoking prevalence in 2020 will be 21.4% for Māori and to 8.9% for non-Māori – compared to a projected 22.7% and … health and generating savings on health care spending (1-3). Within the last decade in NZ, tobacco taxes were first … into the future with tobacco reaching a very high price, or changes in the market share of nicotine-containing …
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Media release: Poor ventilation on buses and trains – a fixable risk to health
… Poor ventilation on our buses and trains is leading to an increased risk of passing on … poor ventilation was recorded 94% of the time on buses and 77% on trains. These results show that passengers in these buses and trains are doing a lot of re-breathing of other people’s …
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Warmest New Zealand winter ever recorded – The Government should do more on climate change
… to NIWA scientists . They also list 29 cities, towns and other sites around the country which had the highest … electricity bills, less air pollution from domestic fires, and perhaps even fewer excess winter deaths (a documented … country, especially for low-income New Zealanders ). Image 1: Warmer temperatures can be nice for some – but drought may …
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Protecting children in cars from tobacco smoke: The inconsistent case of new mandatory child restraints while optional smoking persists
… from known toxins in tobacco smoke. All Australian States and the ACT prohibit smoking in cars with children present – why isn’t NZ, when the public supports this? From 1 November 2013, all children must be secured in an approved … day, and a further half reported being exposed on three or more days. The cumulative total health effects of SHS …
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Vaccination is often cost-effective but not (currently) HPV vaccination for boys in NZ
… value for money – as per a previous study we have done and blogged on . But given that the Australian Government is … and boys in 2011 in the context of either female-only or both-sex HPV vaccination. It captured the benefits of HPV … some moves towards a more time-limited approach. As of 1 July 2014, HPV vaccine will only be provided to girls for …
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A 100 years ago: The worst year of the First World War for New Zealand
… at Te Papa (Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa) and in this blog we summarise the mortality patterns we … of the total up to the day the war ended [5547/16,703] [1]). Our analysis of deaths in the Roll-of-Honour [1] shows … Gallipoli campaign (1915) was the worst, followed by 1917, and then 1916 [1]. Two specific battles generated much of the …
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