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Media release: Why we need an Aotearoa Centre for Disease Control (CDC)
… ensuring this essential infrastructure. For example, we are notably absent from the list of countries with field epidemiology training programmes. These programmes … tracing, and expert analysis. These capabilities and the associated specialist workforce take years of concentrated …
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Media release: New analysis shows Ka Ora, Ka Ako Healthy School Lunch Programme exceeds expectations
… have used a Value for Investment analysis to examine what the programme is expected to produce, and how it … economies. “The mental health scores for those kids who are food insecure has increased 20% meaning happier, more … a big plus for the programme,” he says adding hungry kids are hangry kids making learning maths and science near …
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Media release: Increases in speed limits: Unjust and unjustifiable
… disconnect between the Government’s decision to move ahead with the increase of speed limits, announced at the weekend, … as discouraging people from walking and cycling, which are crucial for active, healthy communities. “Higher speeds … should be designed to encourage slower speeds, so limits are seen as a responsible and ethical choice, not just a …
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What can Aotearoa NZ learn from Australia’s new vaping policies?
… them from a marketing environment where vaping products are very appealing, very affordable, and very accessible. … packaging” (i.e., plain white packages with black font), a measure that will further decrease these … well people who do, and should be regulatory priorities. What is new in this Briefing Australia has announced new …
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Cyclone Gabrielle joins list of Aotearoa NZ’s ‘sudden mass fatality events’
… Aotearoa New Zealand since the year 1900. But fatalities are just one aspect of the wider harm to health and wellbeing … on record for Aotearoa NZ in insurance claims terms , with total damages estimated to be at least NZ$13.5 billion … better able to absorb water – that is be ‘ spongier ’. 8 What is new in this Briefing? The burden of deaths from …
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Public Health Solutions Series: Protecting the healthcare system: a strategic approach to reducing infectious disease impacts in Aotearoa New Zealand
… disease in 25 years. The winter of 2022 is challenging with high numbers of Covid-19 infections, hospitalisations, … spread and of these, respiratory and enteric transmission are the most common drivers of serious infections in NZ. Thus, access to …
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How should we manage the harm caused by tobacco product waste?
… Annual consumption of cigarettes now exceeds five trillion, with around four trillion butts littered every year. These … filters mislead smokers about the risks they face, they are also a pervasive litter item and environmental hazard; 5 … about how the general public perceives this problem or what they consider appropriate responses. Our …
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Experts urge NZ-Australia pandemic pact for future preparedness
… Covid-19 pandemic has caused significant global impacts, with an estimated 27.3 million excess deaths by June 2024. Prof Wilson says future pandemics are likely, with the potential for catastrophic outcomes if bioengineered pathogens are involved. “The list of pathogens with pandemic potential …
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Media release: A call for strong leadership to reduce NZ’s dangerously high antibiotic use
… misuse of antibiotics has positioned NZ among the nations with the highest rates of antibiotic resistance. Dr Thomas … as coughs, colds, and sore throats. “But we know these are not improved by antibiotic ‘treatment’.” “We have … prescribing.” …. Further information: It is a very common belief that antibiotic treatments which are prescribed …
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New proposals to limit youth vaping from Labour: Do they go far enough?
… which states “Youth vaping is increasing in New Zealand, with the rate of Year 10 students choosing to vape daily … has been inadequate. Most young people who vape daily are very unlikely to be exercising a free choice but will … we need more information on the proposed criteria. What protective perimeters and density restrictions will be …
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