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  • The long shadow of war on the health of military personnel

    … what is known about the longer term health outcomes for military personnel participating in war – and suggests … group who departed on troopships in late 1918 but for whom the war ended before they got to the frontlines. The … group was estimated at 65.9 years, compared to 74.2 years for the non-combat group – an eight year gap. As well as …
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  • Tax policy reform: equity, fairness, and health

    … perpetuate inequalities and provides insufficient money for public services  to deal effectively with a daunting … Te Tiriti o Waitangi. This briefing outlines principles for redesign of our tax system and suggests changes. These proposals for change would need political commitment for them to become …
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  • Taxing tobacco in NZ: What we know and what could be next

    … country, what remains unknown, and what might be needed for the next phase of tobacco taxation related policy and … with a 23% reduction in tobacco consumption per adult (for the period 2010 to 2014) (1). Smoking prevalence has also continued to decline for all major population groups ( as per census data for 2013 …
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  • A single shot to prevent cancer? HPV vaccine can!

    … Organization now recommends a 1-dose vaccine schedule for 9-20-year-olds. Forty countries, including Australia and … to prevent cancer helps promote HPV vaccine. We should aim for at least 90% coverage and eliminate HPV-related cancers … efficacy in preventing cervical cancer are now emerging. For example, a Scottish study reported no cases of invasive …
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  • New Zealand doing okay in cancer survival: Results from the largest ever cross-national comparison of cancer survival

    … Cancer survival estimates for 67 countries have recently been published for 10 cancer sites, in an exhaustive and thorough combined … study (1) gives five year relative survival estimates for 11 cancers, for three periods in time, for 67 countries. …
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  • Health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 response: NZ compared to OECD countries

    … to be close to the OECD average, with the IMF predictions for GDP in 2020 overall being -6.1% for NZ and -6.3% for the OECD. Nevertheless, a fuller accounting of health, …
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  • Housing and urban regeneration in Aotearoa New Zealand

    … and regional areas as well as large budget allocations for infrastructure, but there is still a shortage of … Code standards lag behind leading countries, where houses are much better prepared for the extreme hot and cold … as the 2023 Auckland floods and sewage contaminated houses have dramatically shown us, good housing and civil …
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  • NZ’s “Team of 5 million” has achieved the lowest COVID-19 death rate in the OECD – but there are still gaps in our pandemic response

    … to support contact tracing; (iv) testing & surveillance for early outbreak detection; (v) the kinds of policies, … wealthy countries and so is frequently the basis for cross-country comparisons. We considered this grouping for the most important COVID-19 pandemic metric, which is …
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  • Can we make better use of a cost-effective anti-cancer vaccine? The case of HPV vaccination in NZ girls

    … that the NZ Government’s investment in HPV vaccination for girls is clearly a “good value-for-money” way to protect health – even at the modest 47% coverage. Because of slightly higher coverage for Māori girls, and higher anticipated future HPV-related …
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  • Potential new regulatory options for e-cigarettes/ANDS in NZ

    … based research could help clarify.   Globally the market for e-cigarettes or alternative nicotine delivery systems … contain nicotine unless they meet regulatory standards for achieving a therapeutic purpose (i.e., as a … and nicotine-containing ‘e-liquid’ can be imported for personal use in NZ. Shops can sell the ANDS devices and …
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