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In the news: Long Covid: Teachers, healthcare workers most vulnerable occupations, report finds
… on 26 March following the publication of the Briefing Long Covid in Aotearoa NZ: Risk assessment and preventive action … Briefing presented findings from a review of Long Covid to guide NZ’s response to this public health threat. Co …
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PHCC monthly Newsletter: August 2024
… Read the latest from the PHCC in our August newsletter . Over the last month, Briefings … of heated tobacco products. Authors have also explored how politicians have voted on smokefree legislation over the last 20 years. Other Briefings have looked at how effective our Covid-19 vaccine programme is, made …
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In the news: Call for cyclone inquiry to better prepare for the next
… Wilson told RNZ's Morning Report on 7 June that we need to look at how much worse Cyclone Gabrielle could have been, and uncover "hidden gaps" in the response. Professor Wilson explained how looking at …
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April PHCC Newsletter
… Click here to read about the latest from the PHCC in our April Newsletter. Featuring school lunches, leaks and Long Covid. The newsletter recaps Briefings from the last …
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Submission: Fast-Track Approvals Bill
… opposes the Bill. The main objections that are detailed in the submission are: The Bill is significantly out-of-step … for public health, leaving New Zealanders more vulnerable to illness and death from pollution. The Bill fails to … is likely to worsen inequality. The Bill is likely to have long-term impacts on public health – impacting the lives of …
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Watch this space – The Public Health Communication Centre launches soon
… on our website before 9 February 2023, you are early to the party. After the launch on that day, you will be able … year. They will look at areas such as planning for the long game in public health, eliminating Māori health inequities, and …
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In the news: Where do the parties stand? Long-term thinking & catastrophic risks
… Professor Nick Wilson about political party policies to strengthen the country's resilience to long-term global risks. Professor Wilson has analysed the first question in our survey of political parties on public health issue. …
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In the news: NZ failing to protect children from unhealthy food marketing
… about new WHO guidelines on unhealthy food marketing to children and how NZ doesn't measure up when she appeared on Radio NZ's … voluntary, industry-led policies and bylaws that exist in relation to junk-food marketing," she told the panel." Dr …
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In the news: Doctors say a surge in whooping cough cases shows how much immunisation rates need to improve.
… low immunisation rates leave NZ pēpi (infants) vulnerable to severe disease, especially if a national epidemic of … tamariki to be immunised is through their pregnant mama in the second trimester. "That's the time when the greatest … news: Doctors say a surge in whooping cough cases shows how much immunisation rates need to improve. …
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PHCC monthly Newsletter: September 2024
… Read the latest from the PHCC in our September newsletter . The Briefings over the last … is there a focus on the health of populations, but also a long-term perspective and a concern for addressing health … we know about preventing dementia and Long Covid, actions to improve maternal and infant health, the long-term health …
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