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  • Is NZ a laggard in responding to climate change?: Results of a Global Index

    … citizen” in terms of the global environment and global health. The latest version of the “ Climate Change … NZ food exports and the tourism industry. New Zealanders’ health would probably benefit from the co-benefits arising … in terms of its relationship with the international community. … Is NZ a laggard in responding to climate …
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  • NZ’s Environmental Protection Authority in a muddle over weed killer

    … from Monsanto; and 5) the EPA ignored the Ministry of Health which notified the Authority it could not support the … of interest; 2) the implications of the Ministry of Health’s lack of confidence in EPA’s processes – see page 181 … t’Mannetje - Massey University’s Centre for Public Health Research (CPHR). Dr Dave McLean - Senior Research …
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  • A National risks assessment should include pandemics and other global catastrophes

    … security risks Partnerships with the international community, experts/partners outside government, and the media A drive to provide public information and foster community empowerment and engagement The Prime Minister … League Table allows comparison across NZ and Australia health sector interventions. When using similar methodology …
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  • A Statue of Merit: Dr Margaret Cruickshank and the 1918 influenza pandemic

    … to care for her patients. When the pandemic struck her community, Dr Cruickshank apparently “worked night and day, … and [2]). Indeed, in 2007 the New Zealand Ministry of Health named a pandemic preparedness exercise “Exercise … in this country. She seemed to have been much loved by the community of Waimate, as when she subsequently left for the …
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  • New modelling on the risk of COVID-19 outbreaks in NZ associated with arriving travellers

    … study in “Scientific Reports”, a peer-reviewed open access journal. 1 In this work we aimed to estimate the risk … three subsequent PCR tests (on days 1, 3 & 12 while in the community in NZ), and various other interventions (such as … in Australia – representing only two new infections in the community per week in the whole country. This situation could …
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  • Good firearms law needs multiple defensive layers: The Swiss cheese model

    … multiple combined measures designed to limit the public health harms from firearms.  The Swiss cheese model provides … as some elements of the Australian law in limiting access to firearms, for example, unlike New Zealand, the … of a school shooting in 2017/18 had a valid licence and access to firearms. 1 8 The licensing system on its own is …
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  • Illicit tobacco trade and the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Goal: Arguments and evidence

    … and increasing quitting [1]. To ensure life-saving public health policies achieve their intended goal, illicit tobacco … (p.10). These comments imply associations between public health measures and illicit trade, yet, globally, tobacco … JH, RE and NW are members of the Department of Public Health at the University of Otago Wellington. All authors …
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  • Note to the Havelock North Inquiry – Think Big

    … not just for reasons of taste, but also, possibly, for health reasons (such as risks associated with chlorinated … average. Environmental pressures are evident also in the health statistics. New Zealand has very high rates of endemic … entitled “From hazard to habitat: rethinking environmental health” (McMichael 1999). He argued that the arrival of …
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  • A Smokefree Aotearoa – could taking the nicotine out of smoked tobacco products help us get there?

    … . 1 Methods Using an Excel spreadsheet populated with NZ Health Survey smoking/vaping prevalence data, we modelled … and quantify impacts on quality-adjusted life-years saved, health inequities, and savings in health costs. 6-8 In summary , the findings from this …
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  • Tackling housing instability for LGBTIQ+ people in Aotearoa

    … family relationship breakdown, sexual abuse, and poor health. 1,2 LGBTIQ+ people have specific needs around … at least 20% of the total housing stock—would increase access to housing, and bolstering renters' rights … cited in this Briefing resonate beyond the LGBTIQ+ community, showing how intersecting lines of marginalisation …
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