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  • Charting our way back to normal

    …  to estimate infection rates as well as the different health losses and gains across hundreds of scenarios during … Pandemic Trade-offs  – so that policymakers and the public can themselves assess different policy responses under … effectiveness – we will continue to update this tool, and plan to build in new scenarios explicitly looking at future …
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  • Update on Long-COVID

    … about the populations that have been studied 14 . Recruitment has: a) in most cases, been through volunteer or … of individuals aged 18-65 with continuous enrolment in the health plan from 1 January 2019 to the index date, defined as … cross-sectional study (n=84,285), members of the general public – largely within the UK – were invited to take part in …
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  • Vaping prevalence and trends: Important findings from 2023-24 NZ Health Survey

    … Summary New Zealand Health Survey (NZHS) data for 2023/2024 have been released. … great concern among parents, communities and schools, and health workers. Successive governments have proposed measures … are members of ASPIRE Aotearoa and the Department of Public Health, Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka | University of Otago, …
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  • Will regular tobacco tax increases get NZ to the tobacco endgame?

    …   Image from a World Health Organization poster In a modelling study we just … in funding other aspects of tobacco control and/or to fund health services. An extra plus is that the weight of evidence … suggests that tobacco tax increases contribute to reducing health inequalities (for 2 recent systematic reviews see here …
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  • A 100 years ago today – the likely first NZ death from the 1918 influenza pandemic

    … We highlight the importance of continuing to invest in public health infrastructure and pandemic preparedness and planning. … the Smokefree 2025 goal [see this blog on the Action Plan ] and highly cost-effective ways to reduce …
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  • The 5000 annual deaths caused by smoking also matter

    … it. 2 However, disputing scientific evidence and attacking public health researchers could not withstand the accumulating … 2006 that tobacco companies’ sustained deception of the US public became a matter of record. 4,5 Nonetheless, the …
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  • Surviving winter: NZ’s journey through 145 years of seasonal survival – New study

    … findings support continuing efforts to investigate the public health benefits of improving housing standards and reducing … excess deaths per year.  Implications for research and public health This EWM measure should continue to be …
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  • Proposals to reduce youth vaping: Important steps but a more comprehensive approach needed

    … number of stores selling tobacco, Associate Minister of Health Dr Ayesha Verrall has outlined proposals to strengthen … no less. * All authors are members of the Department of Public Health and ASPIRE Centre, University of Otago, … ). This post was originally published on the Public Health Expert Blog … Proposals to reduce youth vaping: …
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  • Children and young people and COVID-19: The urgent need for improved guidance in NZ

    … children and young people (CYP). For example, the World Health Organization (WHO) has now recommended mask use in … 2 (August; 108 cases). Data from the NZ Ministry of Health. Changing evidence about COVID-19 risks for (and from) … (WHO), to prevent transmission in school-related and public settings. In NZ, measures should include: Introduction …
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  • Media release: Protecting our drinking water sources – Where do the parties stand?

    … waterways at risk according to results of a survey by the Public Health Communication Centre (PHCC). The second Briefing in … five parties currently in parliament looking at a range of public health issues. This Briefing looks at how proactive …
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