The Briefing | PHCC

Public health and Budget 2024

There will be less money for addressing wider social determinants of health, especially for those who are poor and at the margins of society.
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Issue date

31 May 2024

Author(s)

Shamubeel Eaqub

Divesting from fossil fuels – is this good for public health?

In this blog post we briefly explore the arguments around such disinvestment from fossil fuels from a public health perspective.
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Issue date

24 November 2014

Author(s)

Alistair Woodward Nick Wilson
Being Bolder – Public Health Endgames for NZ

At the Public Health Congress in Auckland last week, one of us presented on potential public health endgames – partly to inform thinking around the tobacco endgame in New Zealand (the Smokefree Nation Goal for 2025). This blog considers what additional endgames this country could be bolder about tackling.
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Issue date

19 October 2014

Author(s)

Nick Wilson Frederieke Petrović-van der Deen
Climate change and cherry blossom

Professor Alistair Woodward, epidemiologist and climate change expert. Alistair was Convening Lead Author of Chapter 11 (Human Health) in the 5th IPCC Assessment Report. Here he discusses the report.
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Issue date

03 April 2014

Author(s)

Alistair Woodward