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Media release: ACC turns 50 - Time to up the game on injury prevention
… changed since ACC was launched in 1974. Dr Duncan says as a world-leading, universal, no-fault personal injury … regulations,” he says. Professor Keall points out that simple measures like mandatory safety features in all homes … equity,” says Professor Keall. Dr Duncan says ACC can play a stronger public health role in our society. …
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Media release: A call for strong leadership to reduce NZ’s dangerously high antibiotic use
… Healthcare leaders in Aotearoa New Zealand must take a stronger lead on reducing high rates of antibiotic … patients with conditions in which antibiotics do provide a health benefit.” While Te Whatu Ora and the Royal New … past time for Te Whatu Ora and the RNZCGP to encourage a significant reduction in antibiotic prescribing.” …. …
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Progress toward Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 – how might tobacco retail restrictions contribute?
… we briefly consider the results and put the findings in a wider context of how New Zealand might reach its Smokefree … ~6000 retailers nationally (see previous blog for a map) and an average travel time of just over 3 minutes from … cost impacts (via travel time and travel costs) work in a similar way as do price increases (via tobacco taxes). …
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Media release: Increases in speed limits: Unjust and unjustifiable
… There’s a disconnect between the Government’s decision to move ahead … he says. Research shows that reducing speed limits can lower the severity and frequency of accidents, with cities like Toronto experiencing a 28% reduction in pedestrian-vehicle collisions at lower …
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… and the community. There are multiple areas where Aotearoa can benefit from evidence about how to build a healthy, equitable, and sustainable society. New research can improve how we respond to future pandemics, climate …
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Media release: Covid-19 vaccines work, but we need to do more to get the most out of them
… benefits from these vaccines. This article includes a comprehensive review of the effectiveness of vaccines … doses to below the current age 30 cut-off as Long Covid can affect people of all ages. This change in policy would … people at high-risk when they are due for vaccination, and send recalls if they have missed out. “New Zealand needs a …
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Media release: Aotearoa NZ is on the brink of a measles epidemic: Urgent action needed
… Aotearoa NZ is on the brink of a measles epidemic because of falling immunisation rates, … the evidence showing New Zealand is highly vulnerable to a measles epidemic which could result in thousands of cases, … in schools and other environments where young people can be reached.” … Media release: Aotearoa NZ is on the brink …
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Risk proportionate regulation of nicotine and tobacco products: More rhetoric than reality
… Government, and almost everyone considering how to achieve a Smokefree Aotearoa, agrees that nicotine and tobacco … smoked tobacco and vaping products could be regulated with a risk proportionate approach in Aotearoa New Zealand. Risk … denicotinisation, greatly reduced retailer numbers, and a smokefree generation policy (albeit this legislation has …
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Media release: Can we move to a low carbon, healthy transport system?
… transport systems for this country according to results of a survey by the Public Health Communication Centre (PHCC). … in parliament. This Briefing - Where do the parties stand? A low carbon, healthy transport system - looks at the … transport system,” says Dr Shaw. … Media release: Can we move to a low carbon, healthy transport system? …
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Media release: Evidence shows wider benefits of free school lunches
… value of school lunch programmes . Dr Garton says there’s a risk of missing the wider benefits of the programme with a narrow cost-benefit framing. “Evaluations of the NZ … for the learners facing the greatest challenges.” A Kaupapa M ā ori evaluation has noted identifiable shifts in …
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