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  • Mind the gap: Associate Health Minister’s actions conflict with Ministry advice, align with tobacco industry lobbying

    … Summary Recently released documents from the Ministry of Health and Associate Health Minister … we examine Ministry of Health advice, outline arguments from tobacco companies and groups affiliated with them, and … while in opposition. The repeal drew widespread criticism from health professionals, researchers, and the public.  NZ …
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  • Nationwide Colorectal Screening in New Zealand: a tricky balance of improving overall population health and addressing inequalities

    … for New Zealand. We used multiple data sources, ranging from the results of the New Zealand pilot screening programme … of screening trials internationally. Similar to modelling from other countries, we found that a national CRC screening … health for Māori compared to the rest of the population.   From 1 July 2017, the New Zealand Ministry of Heath began the …
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  • The policy bonfire of environment protection: 10 examples that threaten public health

    … of air pollution and an estimated 34,000 people become ill from unsafe drinking water per year. Our communities are … a clear direction for the new Government, which is to remove or weaken environmental protections, as well as … provide important “cleaning” of polluted water as they can remove excessive nutrients and trap sediment so their loss …
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  • COVID-19 and the law in Aotearoa NZ

    … made in response to the 1918-19 influenza pandemic. Then from 2006 several significant changes were made, including … specifically designed, as discussed in an early commentary from Dean Knight [1]. Hence, since February 2020, government … are discussed below: Does a person entering NZ from overseas have to comply with testing? Under Section 7 of …
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  • Why Aotearoa New Zealand needs a Public Health Communication Centre

    … for the sake of your well-being   Kia ora! Greetings from the Public Health Communication Centre. We are dedicated … include: Providing high quality analysis and commentary from the public health community, notably through The … Many of the drivers are outside the health sector, such as food regulation, education, housing, and tax policy. And …
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  • Plugging the gap: Aotearoa’s piped water loss far worse than global leaders

    … into what is possible for NZ to achieve. Using data from the national water regulator (Taumata Arowai), we … but is similar to a previous “nearly 20%” leakage estimate from Water New Zealand  in the fiscal year 2022. 2 The figure … back to local government a proportion of locally-raised GST, 18 charging rates on government facilities, and allowing …
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  • Expansion of “green zones” may provide a chance for the global eradication of COVID-19

    … of a respiratory virus despite about half of spread being from those without symptoms. The virus has been eliminated by … of the pandemic virus (SARS-CoV-2) could occur stepwise, from countries to regions, making global elimination … the risks of more dangerous variants emerging in humans or from animal reservoirs. The costs of COVID-19 eradication are …
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  • More evidence that elimination is the best COVID-19 control strategy for health and the economy

    … In this blog we briefly consider a new report from a European think tank that aims to identify an optimal … of this approach. But additional information comes from a new Report by a Paris-Brussels think tank: Institut … data covered traffic in “cafés, restaurants, hotels, non-food businesses and leisure and cultural activities in …
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  • The marked decline of sudden mass fatality events in NZ (1900 to 2015)

    … the Appendix to this blog. There were 1896 deaths in total from these events, with the worst event being the Hawke’s Bay … a marked decline in the number of events per period ie, from 21 events in the 1900 to 1919 period down to 3 events … measures could act to counter such patterns, since deaths from bush fires can be partly prevented by avoiding having …
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  • Preventing outbreaks of COVID-19 in NZ associated with air travel from Australia: New Modelling study of alternatives to quarantine

    … the risk of COVID-19 outbreaks associated with air travel from Australia (with a low prevalence of COVID-19 infection) … 12 in NZ), mask use and contact tracing, reduced the risk from one outbreak every 1.7 years (no interventions) to every … Our base case analysis was for only one flight per day from Australia to NZ and at a very low assumed prevalence of …
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