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Media release: What can we do to reduce the number of babies dying before, during or soon after birth?
… more than 700 fetal and neonatal deaths in 2021, that’s a rate of 11.2 per 1000 births according to the Perinatal and … sexual violence, poverty, relationship stress and previous mental health service engagement. In the current environment, …
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Charting our way back to normal
… A new web tool, COVID-19 Pandemic Trade-offs, allows people to weigh the costs and benefits of different policy responses as Australia rolls out vaccines … net health gains, losses and costs for the Australian state of Victoria in 2020. We have now made it available as a …
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Media release: Unaffordable home heating increases risk of severe mental distress
… to poor physical health but can also increase the risk of severe mental health distress, according to new overseas research. … are lessons for Aotearoa New Zealand. Dr O’Sullivan says a UK study using data from a large longitudinal study focused …
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Media release: Our fourth wave of Covid-19 and why we should care
… Michael Baker says New Zealand is clearly experiencing a fourth wave of Covid-19 and health authorities should be reminding us … experts from the University of Otago look at the numbers in the latest issue of the Briefing from the Public Health …
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Media release: NZ could eliminate the deadly meningococcal disease
… for Aotearoa NZ according to infectious disease experts. In the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre, University of Otago epidemiologist and Associate Professor Amanda … epidemiology. “If we combine that infrastructure with a strategic increase in funding and availability of …
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Media release: Rise in congenital syphilis requires action – experts
… There is a global resurgence of syphilis that is having inequitable … Māori and Pacific whānau and for pregnant women and babies in Aotearoa. Experts in congenital syphilis say repeat …
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Media release: Why we need an Aotearoa Centre for Disease Control (CDC)
… Aotearoa New Zealand needs a Centre for Disease Control (CDC) to prepare the country for … according to global health and infectious disease experts. In the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication … John Crump, and co-authors look at the advantages of having a CDC to build the science capacity needed for …
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Can earthquakes be good for public health?
… There is no doubt that earthquakes have historically had a terrible impact on human populations – and the shocking … and its citizens in 2011 is still very much in the minds of New Zealanders. But living in shaky Wellington, makes one … face many different disasters in addition to earthquakes – eg, volcanic events, floods, and severe storms (with climate …
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Media release: Aotearoa NZ is on the brink of a measles epidemic: Urgent action needed
… Aotearoa NZ is on the brink of a measles epidemic because of falling immunisation rates, … risk of imported cases according to public health experts. In the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication …
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