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  • Lessons learned from a remote blood pressure lowering trial in Aotearoa

    … web-based data management systems offer the opportunity to deliver and assess the impact of clinical trials remotely, … Development (OECD), we don’t have a national plan to reduce it 5 . If we want to see a big reduction in heart … they volunteered in the first place. We also know how important face-to-face communications (kanohi ki te kanohi) …
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  • “Action for Healthy Waterways”: some big ticket actions that the Government has neglected

    … gaps. In this blog we consider three big ticket items to include in an integrated strategy to improve our … should be given serious attention in addition to the MfE proposals. Taxing fertiliser as it leaves the fertiliser … mentioned at all in the MfE document. Yet such a tax would reduce fertiliser use and promote its more careful …
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  • The changing COVID-19 situation in Taiwan – what can NZ learn from Taiwan’s latest outbreak?

    … an assessment of Taiwan’s extremely effective response to COVID-19 during 2020. However, a recent surge of community … current outbreak), unlike NZ and Australia where strict (but often quite short) lockdowns in cities or states have … approach? Employing an elimination strategy may reduce the ‘negative health and economic effects of the …
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  • How to Systematically Reduce the Border Failure Risk for COVID-19 in Aotearoa/NZ

    … time for a systematic review by NZ health authorities to identify optimal methods for reducing the risk of future … some potential risk. We also suggest potential specific steps for further risk reduction that health authorities … test or potentially a rapid antigen test) is one option to reduce the influx of infected individuals to NZ. It could be …
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  • When the first barrier fails: Strengthening protection for drinking water sources

    … is the protection of source water. Source water refers to the bodies of water (groundwater, rivers, lakes, springs, … new valuable legislative and policy reforms were made but the Waimate breach reveals there are still weaknesses in … must include source water risk management plans. This is important and Taumata Arowai has inherited alarmingly little …
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  • Smokefree Aotearoa – world-leading developments with profound public health implications

    … Smokefree Aotearoa Action Plan which included a commitment to Māori engagement, addressing inequities, and implementing three innovative measures to greatly reduce the availability and addictiveness of smoked tobacco … least three major challenges or threats to the action plan proposals. First, introducing unprecedented measures like …
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  • What does the 2019/20 NZ Health Survey tell us about progress towards a Smokefree Aotearoa?

    … The latest NZ Health Survey data continues to show encouraging reductions in smoking prevalence. … a comprehensive action plan, including measures to reduce the continued marked disparities in smoking. E-cigarette use and vaping has increased over the last three to four years, …
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  • The rise and rise of specialist vape stores: Time for the Government to act

    … Industry Association of New Zealand (VIANZ) responded to our concerns, though reporting of the VIANZ’s comments and … background on vaping product marketing, particularly to youth, and regulatory responses in Appendix 1 . VIANZ’s … caused by tobacco’s widespread availability is simple: reduce tobacco retail outlets. Fortunately, the  Government …
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  • How the tobacco industry targets young people to achieve a new generation of smokers

    … continued targeting of young people, whose addiction to nicotine will help ensure the industry’s on-going … and successfully fostered tobacco brand recognition among youth. A study conducted in 1991 to examine high school … no benefits, but some risks, to non-smokers who begin vaping. Analysis of ENDS product marketing reveals the same …
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  • Another Havelock North? Govt undoing protections for drinking water safety

    … into what went wrong and lessons for the future. This led to policy changes to strengthen the protection of source … The combined effect of the Government’s changes and proposals would mean serious weaknesses in protections for, … activities that can impact waterbodies. 13 This was an important and essential change, as it gave legal weight to …
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