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  • Lessons From history: Helping New Zealand prepare for future influenza pandemics

    … of preventing other infectious diseases in the modern era as well ( see this review ). 2) Consider “protective … attempt failed in 1918 in the case of the troopship Tahiti as the measures to prevent disease spread from the shore or …
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  • Ireland leads New Zealand in the battle against obesity

    … time we have seen national obesity rates climb from 26.5% of adults and 8% of children in 2006/07 to 31% and to 11% … right to choose to eat what they want and to be as active as they wish. That is not the issue. What the National …
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  • Social advantage associated with greenhouse emissions from transport in Aotearoa

    … are met, wellbeing is not improved by increasing GHGe. 5,6 In this study, people living in the most deprived areas … Inequities in transport GHGe emissions need to be managed as part of an effective and just transition  The health … from decades of public health behaviour change policy as well as policy and practice on reducing inequities are …
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  • Politicians in Aotearoa NZ live longer than other Kiwis and the gap keeps widening

    … (NZ). The NZ politicians were found to live at least 5 years longer than the general NZ population (age and gender … was potentially better access to treatment services – such as treatment of high blood pressure. Higher incomes and … smoking factor is particularly relevant in the NZ setting as per a study on smoking by occupation group. 4 It showed …
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  • Budget 2023 goes a long way to improving housing and wellbeing

    … the percentage of public housing in Aotearoa remains under 5 percent. This compares to almost 35 percent in the … ori Urban Authorities, who have been excluded in the past, as well as Iwi. In the 2023 Budget, there is a hefty $71 billion …
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  • Can pandemic threats justify border closure for island nations like NZ?

    … spread of pandemic influenza: in various Pacific islands (5) and for US military bases (6). Also it seems biologically … stopped before they ever reached NZ). Alternatives such as screening arriving travellers at the border have very … is probably now up to specialist policy institutions, such as economic ministries and treasuries, to further investigate …
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  • Analysis of a new NZ Treasury Report on soft drink tax

    … “Australian” newspaper – pointed to this Treasury Report as “why the New Zealand Treasury came out and rejected it … using the author’s own equations. The key elements are as follows: The y-axis is the elasticity of caloric intake, … reduction in sugary drinks, i.e. 1.0 [cross-PE] × 80% = 5 × |(-0.8 [own-PE of sugary drinks] × 20%)|. That seems …
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  • Public Health Solutions Series: Good health in childhood is vital for lifelong wellbeing: time for a preventive approach

    … by recent cases of rare/eradicated infections such as polio (USA) and diphtheria (Australia). A local outbreak … to junk foods, sugary drinks , and alcohol . **Such as measuring and tracking child poverty, the Best …
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  • “100% Pure” – Public Health Goal Setting

    … girls at schools with no other free options (so as to reduce parental ambivalence). If the UK and various … species will be a major challenge, eradicating wild deer (as is proceeding in Northland) may be reasonably feasible …
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  • Eliminate the pandemic virus causing COVID-19 or risk an animal reservoir

    … option – even then there are not a lot of voices 5 6 . There is much to be said for its implementation 1 2 7 , … been detected in captive and wild Pacific harbour seals as well as other captive marine mammals 17 . Seal CoV is closely …
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