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  • Regulator failure on nitrate in drinking water dumps escalating costs on those downstream

    … of Otago Wellington, and Public Health Communication Centre Adam Canning , TropWATER, James Cook University’s Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research Tim … Chambers , Associate Professor in the Ngāi Tahu Research Centre, University of Canterbury Prof Michael Baker , …
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  • Where do the parties stand? A low carbon, healthy transport system

    … the 2023 General Election, the Public Health Communication Centre contacted each of the five major parties with a set of … Victoria University Wellington Dr Kirsty Wild , Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, … and lower speed limits near schools. 5. Require road and street maintenance projects to consider improvements to …
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  • Public health priorities in this election year

    … is a key part of what the Public Health Communication Centre does, as we explain in our launch article  introducing the Centre. With that aim in mind, the PHCC has put out a Public …
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  • Severe weather events linked to outbreaks of crypto in Aotearoa – New study

    … of Otago Wellington, and Public Health Communication Centre Prof Michael Baker , Department of Public Health, … of Otago Wellington, and Public Health Communication Centre Prof Nigel French , Distinguished Professor of … of Otago Wellington, and Public Health Communication Centre Prof Nick Wilson , Department of Public Health, …
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  • National capacity needed to monitor misinformation to protect public health and social cohesion

    … Dr John Kerr , Science Lead, Public Health Communication Centre, and Department of Public Health, Ōtākou Whakaihu … Nick Wilson , Co-Director, Public Health Communication Centre, and Department of Public Health, Ōtākou Whakaihu … Waipapa Taumata Rau - University of Auckland and Principal Medical Advisor to the Immunisation Advisory Centre (IMAC) …
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  • Antiviral stockpiles for pandemic preparedness: Time for a careful rethink?

    … response to this 2009 pandemic ( reviewed here in the NZ Medical Journal ) – albeit a relatively mild pandemic … have been included in the last two issues of the British Medical Journal – and might continue for some time yet. There …
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  • NZ’s Environmental Protection Authority in a muddle over weed killer

    … toxicologist and formerly Director of the National Poisons Centre, and published in August 2016 [4]. The aim of the EPA … toxicology and cancer biology.” Prof Alistair Woodward  - Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of … Auckland Ass Prof Andrea t’Mannetje - Massey University’s Centre for Public Health Research (CPHR). Dr Dave McLean …
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  • Testing for COVID-19 in NZ to achieve the elimination goal

    … pandemic (as some of us just recently detailed in a NZ Medical Journal Editorial [1]). We have been fortunate in … only a small fraction of cases of COVID-19 will come to medical attention in either primary care or as hospital …
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  • A preventable measles epidemic: Lessons for reforming public health in NZ

    … delivery was contracted to the Immunisation Advisory Centre (IMAC) at the University of Auckland, Adverse event monitoring was operated by the Centre for Adverse Reactions Monitoring (CARM) at the … reference testing from the ESR national surveillance centre. This fragmentation of roles and a general decline in …
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  • Mobile phone use while driving: Do we need smartcars that turn off smartphones?

    … use of hand-held phones while driving. In last Friday’s NZ Medical Journal (PDF available on request) we summarise the … to be explored, including ones that we canvas in the NZ Medical Journal piece. One of these options could be a …
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