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Media release: The economic argument for our world-leading smokefree legislation – new research
… summarise their research in the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre. The research looks at the growth … says the pluses for government finances are savings in the health system from reduced treatment of tobacco-related …
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Evidence for free school lunches: Are they worth investing in?
… the programme. 4 Furthermore, lunches meet Ministry of Health nutritional guidelines and provide more than 33% of … surplus (untouched lunches) has improved and is now within public service standards (5-10%). 17 Almost all surplus … schools, communities, and food systems. Implications for public policy Based on the current evidence, Ka Ora, Ka Ako …
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Staying safe from COVID-19 over summer and beyond: The need for more NZ Government action
… [6]. Very effective communication also came from other health officials and politicians eg, Dr Ashley Bloomfield and Minister Chris Hipkins. The NZ public were also supportive and followed rules well, and … against outbreaks here. There is potentially also growing public complacency with a decline in country-wide levels of …
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Tobacco product innovation in a smokefree world. Oxymoron or commercial cynicism?
… endgame goals and appears to create opportunities for health researchers and smokefree advocates to work … industry to achieve a common goal. Yet, despite their public statements, tobacco companies continue to develop new … commitment to a smokefree world should be treated by the public and policy makers as another manifestation of industry …
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Testing for COVID-19 in NZ to achieve the elimination goal
… spent under lockdown conditions and allow the economy and health system to return to more normal functioning. The … other CBACs. There could also be targeted messaging to the public and engagement with community leaders in these areas … during that period to have in place the means to provide public confidence in government’s capacity to ensure that if …
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The Omicron waves – Comparing Aotearoa NZ and Australia in four key graphs
… Zealand (NZ) Government reduces and removes some of the public health measures established to protect New Zealanders from … masks used and improve enforcement of mask use in indoor public settings. Ventilation upgrades in indoor public …
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Media release: What can we do to reduce the number of babies dying before, during or soon after birth?
… Report released recently. In the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre, Dr Rose Elder and co-authors … other measures including the recognition and treatment of health issues that contribute to preterm birth, screening for …
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The case for tobacco supply restrictions
… This finding led the researchers and groups advocating for public health to call for further investigation of retailer … amounts to a claim that tobacco profits should trump public health. That is, the “important revenue stream” …
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NZ’s long-running Campylobacter epidemic from poultry: Now with antibiotic resistance
… treatment. AMR is considered a major threat to global health and the World Health Organization is urging all states to take immediate … is the political will to act on this important and costly public health problem. … NZ’s long-running Campylobacter …
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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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