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Watch this space – The Public Health Communication Centre launches soon
… that day, you will be able to learn more about who we are and what we are aiming to do. Meanwhile, you can look back … a decade.) The Briefing is public health expert commentary and analysis. We unpack some of the big public health issues … our country, detail what the research is showing us, and discuss evidence-based solutions. The Public Health …
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Media release: A call for strong leadership to reduce NZ’s dangerously high antibiotic use
… Professor Mark Thomas of the University of Auckland and co-authors highlight that the misuse of antibiotics has … occurred in many other countries when highly respected and influential national organisations have set ambitious … do provide a health benefit.” While Te Whatu Ora and the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners …
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Media release: Making the consumer care guidelines for electricity retailers mandatory could save lives
… to Energy poverty researcher Dr Kimberley O’Sullivan and He Kāinga Oranga Housing and Health Research Programme at the University of Otago … to assist vulnerable and medically dependent consumers or people who critically rely on electricity to support their …
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Media release: Insulation matters - The evidence for keeping our improved Building Code standards
… insulation standards will cost industry, energy savings and our health according to public health researchers. The … Public Health Communication Centre Dr Lucy Telfar-Barnard and co-authors lay out the evidence for retaining hard-won … will take our insulation standards back to about half or even less of the levels required in places like Australia, …
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Media release: Will NZ’s next government face up to future catastrophic risks?
… nuclear war, out of control artificial intelligence and climate change according to the results of a new survey. … the survey of the five parties currently in Parliament and has released the first Briefing in the series “Where the … by the political parties about the need for planning and actions to address such risks. “As political parties …
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NZ Health Survey data released today reinforce Smokefree Legislation is crucial to reduce smoking inequities
… threatened with repeal. The researchers unpick the data and look at the ramifications in the latest Briefing from the … with daily smoking almost three times among Māori (17.1%) compared to European/other (6.1%), which means health … equitably will decrease the huge burden of ill health and avoidable death that people in Aotearoa continue to …
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In the news: Public Health Priorities Series
… protection for drinking water sources Marnie Prickett and co-authors closed the Public Health Priorities series … something serious about intergenerational inequalities and poverty requires a far greater focus on wealth as a … the inequity loop In Newsroom's 2023 Election series on 1 March, Professor Jason Gurney and Professor Jonathan Koea …
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Full video: Health Coalition Aotearoa political panel 2023
… Verrall (Labour Party), Dr Shane Reti (National Party) and Chloe Swarbrick (Green Party) spoke to over 100 members of the public health sector and media at a political panel on Tuesday, August 8, 2023, in … their views on reducing harm from alcohol, tobacco and unhealthy food. The event, including a 45-minute Q & A …
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Submission: Fast-Track Approvals Bill
… out-of-step with the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet advice on best-practice policy and policy development. The Bill reduces the rigour required and increases bias in, decision-making on major projects. The …
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In the news: Causes of baby death during pregnancy and after examined in perinatal death report
… Herald followed up on the findings of the annual Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee (PMMRC) report and the Briefing, Aotearoa’s perinatal and maternal death rates remain inequitable and unjust , on …
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