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  • The need for a robust scientific definition for the elimination of COVID-19 from New Zealand

    … practice this would mean no new SARS-CoV-2 cases linked to community transmission or unknown sources of infection over … two incubation periods since the time of the last known community acquired case, provided a highly sensitive early … [7] suggested that timely detection and management of community transmission of COVID-19 is feasible. This …
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  • Stubbing out democracy: no Government mandate for smokefree repeal

    … to be repealed have strong public support. Views of community leaders, health organisations and health and … will be repealed. Failure to pay attention to views of community leaders, health organisations and health and …
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  • Dietary counselling – how effective and cost-effective is it?

    … nurses, doctors and various allied health workers (from community health workers to personal trainers in gyms). Such … food on council-owned properties such as gyms and community centres, and advocate for central government to act …
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  • Potential health co-benefits from eradicating rats, stoats and possums in NZ towns and cities

    … (2). Social capital benefits Participation in collective community action to achieve pest-free suburb/city goals (eg, … direct psycho-social benefits but may allow for better community response in emergency situations. These benefits …
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  • Public health and Budget 2024

    … the tougher environment, their role in prioritising community health and future generations remains crucial, even … come.  Public health is fundamentally about prioritising community and future generations above the individual today. …
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  • Tax policy reform: equity, fairness, and health

    … the essential services that support a well-functioning community and enable basic social, health, economic and … income and wealth inequalities between ethnic and other community groups have existed in Aotearoa New Zealand for …
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  • Prevention and treatment of mental disorders will help reduce dementia

    … in the general population, most of whom are managed in the community or primary care rather than hospital settings. … people with mental health disorders are treated in the community. Our findings confirm that increased dementia risk …
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  • Aotearoa plummets from 2nd to 53rd in Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index ranking

    … opposition from the public, health experts, Māori/iwi community health providers, researchers and opposition MPs. 8 … Interference Index Who leads the Index? The  Global Center for Good Governance in Tobacco Control (GGTC) , based … Philanthropies and is a partnership among the  Global Center for Good Governance in Tobacco Control ,  the Tobacco …
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  • The end game should not be just Smokefree 2025 but also Vapefree

    … not only to the industry, but also to the people in our community most affected by tobacco harm, that while vaping is … be better guided to develop messaging with an empowered community that more effectively reached the target audiences … capitalise on the potential of social media to increase community engagement with action against vaping in rangatahi …
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  • Aotearoa New Zealand's fourth wave of Covid-19 and why we should care

    … become a less valid way of measuring disease rates in the community as people become more complacent about Covid-19. … will also mean expansion in critical areas, notably at the community level.  This need has become more critical with the … such as general practices and emergency departments or community sites such as schools.  This approach could build …
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