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… Aotearoa can benefit from evidence about how to build a healthy, equitable, and sustainable society. New research … health research, commentary, and analysis accessible to a wider audience. We are expanding to take advantage of new … of the Gama Foundation has allowed the PHCC to employ a small group of staff. Given the scale of the challenges, …
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Media release: Regulator failure on nitrate in drinking water dumps escalating costs on those downstream
… it gets better. The regulator has described the problem as a ‘legacy issue’. However, by bringing together publicly … pollution in the region. “Added to this, irrigation—a practice linked to increasing nitrate contamination— has … stands, the legacy of nitrate pollution is not just a problem of the past; it is likely a growing issue …
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Fast-track Approvals Bill a threat to public health, warn researchers
… are 3,300 premature adult deaths per year in Aotearoa as a result of air pollution, and around 34,000 people become … intense flooding. “It’s not appropriate or responsible for a Bill to allow a small number of Ministers to override key legislative …
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Media release: Associate Health Minister’s tobacco policy contradicts official advice, aligns with industry lobbyists
… tobacco and nicotine pouches. The details are laid out in a new Briefing article published by the Public Health … Party outlines decision-making principles, which include a commitment that ‘decisions will be based on data and … to her Ministry. The fact that she has just delivered a 50 percent cut in the excise tax on heated tobacco products …
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Media release: Making the consumer care guidelines for electricity retailers mandatory could save lives
… not covered by basic rules around disconnection and almost a quarter of Medically Dependent Consumers are not … their health. Those earlier guidelines were brought in after the tragic death of Mrs Folole Muliaga in 2007. She … an electrically powered oxygen machine at home and died after the electricity at her home was disconnected due to an …
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Media release: Surge in whooping cough cases highlights need for improved immunisation access for mothers and infants
… immunisations, and this figure drops to less than a third for Māori,” says Dr Turner. Dr Turner says NZ is … pēpi (infants) vulnerable to severe disease, especially if a national epidemic of pertussis occurs. Urgent action is … care. “To counter the barriers, NZ should convene a centrally-governed maternal immunisation system. This …
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Media release: Poverty and disadvantage fuel NZ’s rising rates of dementia
… New research demonstrates that social disadvantage is a factor fuelling Aotearoa New Zealand’s soaring rates of … people with dementia. “ Most risk factors build up across a lifetime. It is their incremental and cumulative damage to … the immediate dementia risk is deemed to be low.” While a lot of the narratives around dementia concentrate on …
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Health system costs in NZ: variation by sex, age & proximity to death
… This blog aims to discuss a study we recently published on NZ health system cost … expenditure by proximity to death. Here we summarise a paper published in the NZ Medical Journal on these … in the population prevalent years lived in disability (a measure of morbidity), which, rather obviously, suggests …
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Public Health Solutions Series: Public policy options to address alcohol-related harm in Aotearoa
… (eg, supermarkets or liquor stores) are from 7am to 11pm, a total of 112 hours per week and we have around 63 outlets … availability. Ideally, this would restrict alcohol sales after 8pm and remove sales on one weekend day as these are … – alcohol marketing bans: The weight of evidence suggests a causal relationship between alcohol marketing and …
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Watch this space – The Public Health Communication Centre launches soon
… before 9 February 2023, you are early to the party. After the launch on that day, you will be able to learn more … Public Health Expert Blog which has run for over a decade.) The Briefing is public health expert commentary … Professor Michael Baker and others. Then we will bring you a six-part launch series on key public health issues this …
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