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  • Cyclone Gabrielle joins list of Aotearoa NZ’s ‘sudden mass fatality events’

    … The resulting list was updated in 2019 in the wake of the Christchurch Mosque shootings, bringing the total number of … Wellington, and Science Lead, Public Health Communication Centre (PHCC) Prof Nick Wilson , Department of Public Health, …
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  • Urgent action needed to help eliminate cervical cancer in Aotearoa

    … and Gynaecologists and Te Tātai Hauora o Hine (National Centre for Women’s Health Research Aotearoa) have jointly … Advocacy, Cancer Society of New Zealand Dr Kate Gregory , Medical Director, Cancer Society of New Zealand  All authors … and Gynaecologists and Te Tātai Hauora o Hine — National Centre for Women’s Health Research Aotearoa.  The campaign …
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  • Oral tobacco and nicotine products: Quitting aid or teen addiction risk?

    … Authors details Dr Jude Ball , ASPIRE Aotearoa Research Centre, and Senior Research Fellow, Department of Public … Prof Janet Hoek , Co-Director of ASPIRE Aotearoa Research Centre, and Department of Public Health, University of Otago … Richard Edwards , Co-Director of ASPIRE Aotearoa Research Centre, and Department of Public Health, University of Otago …
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  • The Covid inquiry report is an excellent guide to preparing for the next pandemic – health cuts put that at risk

    … of a  A$251 million investment  in establishing a national centre for disease control. Building NZ’s pandemic … Prof Michael Baker , Director, Public Health Communication Centre, and Department of Public Health, University of Otago … Nick Wilson , Co-Director, Public Health Communication Centre, and Department of Public Health, Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka …
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  • Lime E-Scooters – Avoiding a collision course with public health?

    … its devices may be hired in Auckland, the Hutt Valley, Christchurch and Dunedin. Potential users download an app, … paid nominal fees; for example, Lime reportedly paid the Christchurch City Council $136 for a three-month “mobile …
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  • The case for a NZ-Australia Pandemic Cooperation Agreement

    … Nick Wilson , Co-Director, Public Health Communication Centre, and Department of Public Health, Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka | University of Otago Prof John D Potter , Centre of Public Health Research, Massey University | Te … Prof Michael Baker , Director, Public Health Communication Centre, and Department of Public Health, University of Otago …
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  • Air pollution in Aotearoa NZ: Five key ways to reduce the massive health and social costs

    … size is taken into account, Invercargill emerges as the centre where air pollution is having the greatest impact (an … deaths per 100,000 people aged 30+ years), followed by Christchurch City (206 per 100,000), and Waitaki District …
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  • Using Rapid Antigen Tests to improve COVID-19 control in Aotearoa NZ

    … specifies that point of care test kits are regulated as medical devices. What are rapid antigen tests? RATs are an … Wellington. Assoc Prof James Ussher, is Director, Webster Centre for Infectious Diseases, University of Otago, Dunedin. …
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  • Long Covid: High economic burden justifies further preventive efforts

    … Dr John Kerr , Science Lead, Public Health Communication Centre, and Department of Public Health, University of Otago … Nick Wilson , Co-Director, Public Health Communication Centre, and Department of Public Health, University of Otago … Prof Michael Baker , Director, Public Health Communication Centre, and Department of Public Health, University of Otago …
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  • Has the time come for a register of AI systems used by government agencies?

    … idea in the recent  AI-in-healthcare report is that medical AI systems operating in NZ should be publicly … Dr John Kerr , Science Lead, Public Health Communication Centre, and Department of Public Health, University of Otago … Prof Michael Baker , Director, Public Health Communication Centre, and Department of Public Health, University of Otago …
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