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  • A major new study on Kiwi health – can it inform decision-making?

    … by Radio NZ (3’12”)  and TVNZ (4’09”).) The Ministry of Health has just released a major new burden of disease study … a burden of disease study is for prioritisation of public health activity.  We address these two issues in turn in this … burden is due to different risk factors.  This gives us information about how much health gain we might achieve …
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  • The high burden from mental health disorders – but also an opportunity for cost-effective interventions

    … two studies are a valuable contribution to knowledge about health problems and come from a massive international … cost-effective steps needed to prevent and treat the high health burden from mental and substance use disorders. … methadone maintenance therapy are cost-effective for the management of opioid-dependent individuals. In summary, this …
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  • New Zealand’s poor pandemic preparedness according to the Global Health Security Index

    … The Global Health Security Index which considers pandemic threats has … country’s defences against pandemic threats. The Global Health Security Index (GHSI) The GHSI is the first … its aspirational nature. The method prioritises published information, functional systems, testing of systems and …
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  • Public Health Solutions Series: Good health in childhood is vital for lifelong wellbeing: time for a preventive approach

    … This blog looks at solutions t o improve child health : a child impact lens on policy, lifting income … childhood immunisation .   This blog is part of the Public Health Solutions series looking at effective public health measures to reduce demand on healthcare quickly. …
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  • Where do the parties stand? Long-term thinking & catastrophic risks

    … their intention to introduce a Global Catastrophic Risk Management Act. All five parties in the current Parliament … global catastrophic risks. The Election 2023 Public Health Survey In the lead up to the 2023 General Election, the Public Health Communication Centre contacted each of the five major …
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  • Comparing health interventions in a meaningful way – Introducing the BODE3 Interactive League Table

    …  Interactive League Table, for comparing interventions on health gain, cost and cost-effectiveness – and potentially … to get an informed ‘first impression’ of what are the best health interventions to give further consideration to … is our goal.  We are aiming to provide New Zealand with information hitherto unavailable to allow for improved public …
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  • Another Havelock North? Govt undoing protections for drinking water safety

    … interests and other activities that could harm people’s health through contaminated, or otherwise degraded, drinking … the outbreak, the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management (NPS-FM 2020) was rewritten to require regional … or weaken these vital improvements (Table 1 – with more information on each policy change provided in Appendix 2 ). …
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  • What is happening with vaping among adolescents and young adults in Aotearoa?

    … adolescents and young adults. We highlight the limited information available and the need for improved monitoring … are available for 15-17 year olds from the New Zealand Health Survey (NZHS) from 2011/12 to 2021/22 . The 2021/22 … Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ/Secondary Principals’ Association NZ Survey (ARFNZ) This survey, conducted in 2021, …
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  • Reducing salt in food good for health and NZ’s health budget – New research

    … dietary salt intake of New Zealanders could produce major health gains and major cost savings for the publicly-funded health sector. We also put these results into a wider context … for Australasia. In particular, we aimed to model the health benefits and costs for NZ of reducing salt intakes – …
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  • Potential for an avian influenza pandemic: Time for NZ to ramp up preparedness

    … pandemic responses, notably the effective use of public health and social measures (PHSM) to delay entry and … prevention and control (IPC) equipment. And strengthen One Health approaches to reduce the risk of influenza emergence … the current A(H5N1) panzootic and comments on needed risk-management measures. Risk assessment of influenza A(H5N1) …
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