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Media release: Covid-19 vaccines work, but we need to do more to get the most out of them
… John Potter from Massey University and co-authors detail how vaccines against Covid-19 remain effective at preventing … effectiveness of vaccines during the Omicron period when many people have been both vaccinated and infected with Covid-19. …
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Budget 2023 goes a long way to improving housing and wellbeing
… the Budget to build an extra 3,000 new public homes on top of the 14,050 homes which have already been funded by the … a further 4,500 under way. T here was a welcome reduction of 10 percent in the number of households on the Ministry of … Public Housing Waiting List between March last year and this year, but the newly funded 3,000 houses, …
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In May 2022 the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020 expires: what then?
… might by 2022 be back to pre-Covid ‘normal’. Progress has of course been made, including vaccine availability. But now … management, is likely to be needed for some time yet: for how long we do not know. A new Covid Act? We need to be … responsible for this review reported 27 July 2020, with many submissions providing interesting and constructive ideas …
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Media release: Increases in speed limits: Unjust and unjustifiable
… the Government’s decision to move ahead with the increase of speed limits, announced at the weekend, and strong global … consider wider public health impacts, such as discouraging people from walking and cycling, which are crucial for … of 50 km/h, about 30% of pedestrians hit by a vehicle will die, compared to just 5% at 30 km/h, according to Prof Keall. …
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Media release: The economic argument for our world-leading smokefree legislation – new research
… growth in income for New Zealanders with a total gain of NZ$46 billion by 2050 according to new modelling just … at all the major potential long-term economic impacts of the smokefree measures that the new coalition Government … shortfall of NZ$17 billion by 2050. However, we lay out how this shortfall could be avoided with appropriate …
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Should you swap sugar for artificial sweetener? Maybe not if you’re a mouse, but what if you’re a human?
… we should reduce our daily sugar intake to less than 5% of total energy . In this blog, we consider two new articles … to conclude cause and effect. More importantly, very few people would consume the maximum acceptable dose of an … has moved far beyond this scenario and it is clear that people are struggling to decide what to eat in an …
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Public Health Solutions Series: Where the sun enters, the doctor does not
… and improving building standards . This blog is part of the Public Health Solutions series looking at effective … Benefit-cost ratios were even better for older people, and people with a history of fall injuries.   In … numbers of buildings built to these standards will take many years, every one that is built has immediate health …
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Media release: A call to make Invasive Group A Strep notifiable in New Zealand
… New Zealand. Group A streptococcus (GAS) is a common cause of sore throats and skin infections in children but in rare … doubled between 2002 and 2016 to 9 infections per 100,000 people. The numbers are likely to be climbing now going by … to investigate the likely modes of transmission and how this infection can be prevented. Such studies could look …
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Media release: Increasing speed limits defies the science - more deaths and pollution predicted
… from the Public Health Communication Centre the University of Canterbury’s Professor Simon Kingham says the proposed … and injuries.” He also highlights that more than 2,000 people die each year in Aotearoa NZ from traffic-related air …
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