584 Results

  • Where do the parties stand? Addressing Māori health inequity

    … Summary We look at questions of Māori health equity in the fourth in the series “Where do the parties stand?”.  The party responses to the Public Health Communication Centre survey need to be seen in the … Act 2022, which brought significant changes to the health system in Aotearoa NZ. These changes were informed by …
    Briefing

  • Why Aotearoa New Zealand needs a Public Health Communication Centre

    … of your well-being   Kia ora! Greetings from the Public Health Communication Centre. We are dedicated to effectively … relationships with policymakers to ensure public health information is relevant and accessible for government and … can improve responses to emerging threats, lead to better management of existing public health problems, and stimulate …
    Briefing

  • A preventable measles epidemic: Lessons for reforming public health in NZ

    … by long-term erosion and fragmentation of national public health capacity. Fortunately the present Health and … law, public health policy, health promotion and emergency management. These skills are often in short supply in a small … and maintained immunisations registers (or equivalent information systems), highly effective surveillance systems …
    Briefing

  • The Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Bill – a chance to submit on pivotal legislation for health in Aotearoa

    … changes and will be associated with a suite of new health planning and strategy documents. The aim of this blog … key aspects of the Bill and to strongly recommend that the health sector studies the Bill and its implications. We … where you can make your submission and find out further information on the Bill. Working together on submissions? The …
    Briefing

  • The Havelock North drinking water inquiry: A wake-up call to rebuild public health in New Zealand

    … 2016 caused by contaminated drinking water was a public health disaster. The second report of the Havelock North … serious erosion and fragmentation of NZ’s national public health institutions. What is needed now is a major stocktake … is a very thorough analysis of the need to improve the management of drinking water supplies in NZ [ 3 ]. The Report …
    Briefing

  • How taking an evidence-informed approach can be used to prioritise interventions: The example of cardiovascular disease

    … to help them take evidence-informed decisions about which health priorities to focus on, and how to achieve maximum health gains. In this Briefing we firstly outline how evidence identifies the condition causing the greatest health loss in the Aotearoa NZ: cardiovascular disease. And …
    Briefing

  • 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 Casey Costello’s office … by the Ministry of Health and following an Official Information Act request reveal senior Ministry staff … nicotine products draws on similar points made by British American Tobacco in their submission on the SERPA …
    Briefing

  • An open letter to Cabinet Ministers from 74 health professors calling for a sugary drinks tax

    … In this Public Health Expert blog, we reproduce a letter that appeared in … , 2015 Lancet Obesity Series , 2015 British Medical Association , 2015 World Cancer Research Fund International , … Credit Suisse, 2013 Childhood Obesity Foundation (includes American Medical Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, …
    Briefing

  • COVID-19 in Aotearoa: what does public health do now?

    … Public health activities have collectively made an incredible … impact of COVID-19 in Aotearoa. But the work for public health is not over. As the situation in Auckland heralds a … the vaccination strategy, and intensive case and contact management. With increasing levels of vaccination, and Delta …
    Briefing

  • The Government’s transport plans work against our health

    … (GPS) on Land Transport 2024-34 neither supports the health and wellbeing of the population nor addresses the … have considerable implications for an already overburdened health system, as well as social, economic and environmental … greenhouse gas emissions will further contribute to poor health through the impacts of climate change on the …
    Briefing

Subscribe

Briefing CTA

Public Health Expert Briefing

Get the latest insights from the public health research community delivered straight to your inbox for free. Subscribe to stay up to date with the latest research, analysis and commentary from the Public Health Expert Briefing.

PHCC logo PHCC

The PHCC is funded by a philanthropic endowment from the Gama Foundation and hosted by the Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington.

Contact

Email phcc@phcc.org.nz
43 Hanson Street, Mt Cook, 
Wellington | Te Whanganui-a-Tara
PO Box 7343, Wellington South 6242
New Zealand | Aotearoa

 

Public Health Expert Briefing (ISSN 2816-1203)