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  • Running into Trouble: COVID-19 in Japan during the Tokyo Olympics

    … Here we consider the many public health implications of the decision to hold the Olympic and Paralympic Games in the middle of a global pandemic. These impacts include direct effects on … coronavirus contact tracing app on 19 June 2020. 13 The development of centralised contact tracing methods progressed …
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  • Putin and the Bomb: Why New Zealand national risk assessments should include planning for the potential impacts of nuclear winter

    … blog we briefly review the literature on the probability of nuclear war and what various models estimate to be the … Agricultural adaptation including winter hardy crops Development of alternative resilient food systems which do … consistent with the recent UN framework for ‘risk informed sustainable development’ (UNDRR, 2021). The Royal Society of …
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  • Breaking the inequity loop

    … ourselves.  That means more Māori across all aspects of health: not just doctors, nurses and other clinical … health policy experts, and even politicians. The all-of-population approach has failed for more than a century to … in the Second World War under Māori leadership; 28 the development of Kohanga Reo and Kura Kaupapa in the 1970’s and …
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  • Regulation of alcohol marketing is needed to meet health, wellbeing and equity goals

    … Authority (ASA) has just released the report on its review of their Code for Advertising and Promotion of Alcohol. The ASA is an industry body which develops the … reviews. Three major directions are indicated: 1. Development of an alcohol sponsorship replacement model, …
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  • How to Systematically Reduce the Border Failure Risk for COVID-19 in Aotearoa/NZ

    … to identify optimal methods for reducing the risk of future COVID-19 outbreaks in Aotearoa/NZ. The persisting occurrence of cross-border incursions of the pandemic virus (five since 1 August, including a large …
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  • Where do the parties stand? Protecting water sources and drinking water quality

    … contaminants in the water. Furthermore, more than 80% of New Zealanders consider the state of our water to be their main environmental concern. With … lack of a cohesive, confident vision for moving to more sustainable, healthy land use. Primary risks to drinking …
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  • Ten things we can learn from new smoking and vaping data about progress to Smokefree Aotearoa 2025

    … and Pacific peoples. The data also show increased uptake of e-cigarettes/vaping over the last 3-4 years, but the contribution of vaping to helping achieve the smokefree goal is not yet clear. Introduction This blog provides a summary of some key points from the 2018-19 NZ Health Survey (NZHS) …
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  • Five Potential Enhancements of Covid-19 Outbreak Control in Aotearoa NZ

    … Successful control of the current Covid-19 outbreak in NZ is looking feasible … many challenges remain. Therefore to maximise the chances of returning to elimination status and improve our resilience … all essential workers; (iv) greatly prioritise vaccination of essential workers; and (v) consider the suspension or …
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  • Rodents running riot in supermarkets – do we need to worry?

    … Summary  In January and February 2024, the public of Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) were captivated by graphic images of rodents running around supermarkets in Dunedin, … disease in NZ (leptospirosis) and scans the wide variety of other health-relevant problems from rodents (eg, damage to …
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  • Is Euthanasia a health priority for New Zealand at present?

    … discusses what will be needed to operationalise the End of Life Choice Act in the event that it is approved at  … it is likely that this may only benefit a small number of older educated white people. The health system is … by the extra demands and changes required because of Covid-19. There is also an urgent need to implement some …
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