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  • Using Rapid Antigen Tests to improve COVID-19 control in Aotearoa NZ

    … and public health surveillance. * Author details: Dr Jennifer Summers, Dr Leah Grout, Prof Nick Wilson, Prof Michael Baker are with … Diseases, University of Otago, Dunedin. Assoc Prof Dr Nikki Moreland, is with the Department of Molecular …
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  • Strong public support for healthy food policies in Aotearoa

    … in line with international best evidence. Author details Dr Rana Peniamina , Research Fellow, Te Rōpū Rangahau ō Te … and Social Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin Dr Bronwen McNoe , Co-Director of Te Rōpū Rangahau ō Te Kāhui … and Social Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin Dr John Kerr , Science Lead, Public Health Communication …
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  • Parliamentary voting for smokefree over two decades: Implications for future progress

    … Paper supporting the denicotinisation component by Hon Dr Shane Reti, the health spokesperson for National. The key … repealed law, which the current Health Minister (Hon Dr Shane Reti) apparently strongly supports, could have been … 2.   Noes: 43 National: 33; ACT: 10. Introduced by Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall who was Minister of Health in a Labour …
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  • Increases in speed limits: Unjust and unjustifiable

    … of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington Dr Vanessa Beanland , Director, Otago Transport Research … and Earth Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington Dr Angela Curl , Department of Population Health, University … of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington Dr Rebbecca Lilley , Department of Preventive and Social …
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  • Only eight more years to go to 2025: Time for the NZ Government to step up its tobacco endgame

    … Authors:  Frederieke Sanne van der Deen Prof Nick Wilson Dr Christine Cleghorn Dr Linda Cobiac Dr Giorgi Kvizhinadze Dr Nhung Nghiem Prof Tony Blakely … …
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  • Likely rise in invasive strep infections in NZ requires a strategy

    … of iGAS cases and their household contacts. Author details Dr Julie Bennett , Assoc Prof Amanda Kvalsvig and Prof … Molecular Medicine and Pathology, University of Auckland. Dr Johanna Birrell is with the Department of Medicine, … Christchurch Hospital, Te Whatu Ora – Waitaha Canterbury. Dr Rachel Webb is with Kidz First, Te Whatu Ora – Counties …
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  • Rising congenital syphilis in Aotearoa New Zealand needs a strong response

    … population also needs to be addressed. Author details Dr  Emma Best  - Paediatric Infectious Diseases specialist, … Child and Youth Health The University of Auckland  Dr Danny de Lore - Paediatrician Rata Hauora Tamariki,  Mātai Arotamariki, Te Whatu Ora Lakes Dr Julia Scott - Public Health and Sexual Health Physician, …
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  • Increasing whooping cough cases put pēpi at risk. What can be done about it?

    … and Director of the Immunisation Advisory Centre (IMAC) Dr Emily Dwight , Public Health Registrar, IMAC Prof Peter … of Women's and Children's Health, University of Otago Dr Amber Young , School of Pharmacy, University of Otago  … Claire MacDonald , New Zealand College of Midwives Dr Mamaeroa David , Senior Māori Advisor, IMAC Dr Edwin …
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  • Obesity at last on Government agenda, but will Healthy Families NZ be good enough ?

    … Minister for Health, Hon David Davis, Prof Boyd Swinburn, Dr Alan Shiell, CEO of the Centre for Excellence in … Davis, and a highly dynamic and driven bureaucracy, led by Dr Shelley Bowen. I am naming them specifically because …
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  • Advance Care Planning – good for patient care and better use of health dollars?

    … Dr Ben Gray Advance Care Planning (or ACP) is the process of … had the potential to make such a difference? Author: Dr Ben Gray,   General Practitioner, Primary Health Care & …
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