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The high burden from mental health disorders – but also an opportunity for cost-effective interventions
… mental and substance use disorders are the leading cause of non-fatal illness worldwide ( Whiteford et al ; Degenhardt … own national study on health loss. This Ministry of Health work was only just released a few weeks ago. It … 1980s, at an early stage of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. As with many other developed countries, it also provides methadone …
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Media release: Making the consumer care guidelines for electricity retailers mandatory could save lives
… Housing and Health Research Programme at the University of Otago Wellington. “The Electricity Authority’s first … voluntary approach isn’t working. We need basic standards of care to be followed to protect health and avoid potential … to assist vulnerable and medically dependent consumers or people who critically rely on electricity to support their …
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Media release: Councils encouraged to curb alcohol availability in new policy environment
… examine the impact of the law changes and outline how LAPs can be developed effectively to make a difference. … suppliers dominated the process. “The appeals resulted in many councils weakening or removing protections that … effects on Māori, who are twice as likely to die from alcohol-related causes as non-Māori. In the absence …
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MR: To avoid a measles epidemic, Aotearoa must close the ‘immunity gap’
… The number of children in Aotearoa New Zealand who are not immunised … been moves to improve immunisation coverage, the number of measles-susceptible children is still increasing by around … and to explain the benefits and potential risks of the MMR vaccine with vaccine misinformation so prevalent.” …
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Media release: Call for transparency from the Government on tobacco industry influence and connections
… , Professor Janet Hoek and co-authors from the University of Otago have compared statements by coalition ministers with … made by tobacco companies on smokefree policy. “There are many similarities in the rhetoric the tobacco industry is … vested interest in opposing measures estimated to stop people smoking.” Support for smokefree legislation is very …
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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). … tobacco or obesity. “It is also inequitable with parts of the population excluded from the benefits that transport … works to create a transport system that is healthy for the people and planet, Dr Shaw says the survey shows parties fall …
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Media release: Tobacco, alcohol and unhealthy food - where the parties stand: Election 2023
… and unhealthy food are responsible for almost a third of Aotearoa New Zealand’s preventable health burden, yet a … governments have dragged their feet on alcohol policy for many years apart from the recent amendment to the Sale and … ultra processed foods are driving the obesity epidemic and many other diet-related diseases yet substantive policies to …
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Media release: Why the Smokefree legislation must stay - Laying out the evidence:
… and will ensure smoking continues to cost thousands of lives and millions of health care dollars. In the latest … modelling, opinion surveys, and in-depth analyses of people who smoke. The evidence clearly supports the current … smoking. And the evidence shows that is exactly what most people, including those who smoke, want,” says Professor …
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Submission: Local Government (Water Services Preliminary Arrangements) Bill
… Bill. The submission strongly opposes the removal of the hierarchy of obligations (which includes the … sources and cause serious illness and death. The safety of people’s drinking water must remain prioritised through the … work means deprioritising the safety and quality of people’s drinking water and potentially increasing the risk …
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Media release: NZ lags behind on indoor ventilation standards: World Ventil8 Day
… contaminated with harmful pollutants and pathogens, both of which can make us sick. On World Ventil8 Day (8 Nov), … Health Communication Centre, World Ventilation Day – How do our buildings measure up , public health experts look at how NZ lags behind comparable countries on indoor ventilation …
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