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  • Breaking the inequity loop

    … Summary History shows us that the best way to improve Māori health is to support Māori to lead and drive … was profound.  Best-guesses of Māori population size from back then – they’re only best-guesses, since even in … as such are worthy of investment.  It is worth considering how those who reframe any ear-marked investment in Māori …
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  • Health co-benefits need to be adequately considered in the Climate Change Commission’s final advice

    … The Climate Change Commission’s final advice to the Government has been tabled in Parliament. This final … the Commission has excluded these health co-benefits from its economic analyses, which currently predict a … that could potentially result in net long-term savings to society from responding to climate change.   The Climate …
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  • Covid-19 Case-Fatality Risk & Infection-Fatality Risk – important measures to help guide the pandemic response

    … estimate the cumulative CFR in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) to be around 0.08%, which is lower than other jurisdictions … increase in the number of reported cases in 2022 indicates how much more transmissible the Omicron variant is, compared … Covid-19. As of 9 May 2022, NZ has reported ~826 deaths from Covid-19. As we have discussed previously , NZ has …
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  • What is happening with vaping among adolescents and young adults in Aotearoa?

    … New Zealand. In this article, we collate the latest data from available sources about the prevalence of vaping and … vaping (2015-2022). 1 The survey did not occur in 2020 due to COVID-19. Figure 1: Year 10 (14-15 years) daily smoking … regular smoking prevalence declined dramatically from 1999 to 2016 (daily smoking from 16% to 3% and regular smoking …
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  • Vaping needs much tighter regulation as we approach Smokefree Aotearoa 2025: Two new studies

    … modern vaping devices could be around a third as harmful to health as smoking. The second uses these findings to estimate the net health and cost impacts for NZ of vaping … (PAHs) for all cancers. We reviewed recent studies (from 1 January 2017 onwards) that compared levels of these …
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  • A new online calculator for estimating how much a society might spend on life-saving interventions

    … In this blog we describe an online calculator we developed to estimate the maximum investment society might consider … to inform the “next best” intervention to adopt from a cost-effectiveness perspective. But most countries … Wellington). … A new online calculator for estimating how much a society might spend on life-saving interventions …
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  • Tobacco product innovation in a smokefree world. Oxymoron or commercial cynicism?

    … of a smokefree world, where smoking prevalence has fallen to minimal levels.  This goal has much in common with … We report on our recently published study that examined how flavour capsule cigarettes appeal to non-smokers and … detailed legal critiques of the FSFW’s ‘independence’ from its funder, PMI, and calls for PMI to cease its legal …
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  • Running into Trouble: COVID-19 in Japan during the Tokyo Olympics

    … The 2020 Olympic Games were originally postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The delayed event has now opened, … the indirect effects on global health and equity. Lessons from this event are also discussed. These concerns have also … illness (including “long Covid”) and deaths. It may not be safe to hold such events until there are very high levels of …
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  • Time to stop dodging bullets? NZ’s eight recent border control failures

    … distinct border control failures in Aotearoa/NZ relating to the pandemic virus that causes COVID-19, since early August 2020, equivalent to one every two weeks. In this blog we briefly detail these … given the likelihood that some community cases arising from border control failures were never detected (eg, genomic …
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  • What can we learn from Healthy Housing Initiatives? New evidence from the Wellington Well Homes scheme

    … Zealanders, and we know which interventions are required to ensure good quality housing that supports health. Healthy … can promote good health.  New Zealand research has shown how low indoor temperatures and mould impair children’s lung … Well Homes , low-income families are offered a visit from a health and housing assessor. The assessor will check …
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