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  • Choosing a healthier, fairer future for Aotearoa: New report provides the direction

    … costs and availability of quality, affordable public and community housing remain major barriers to good health. … Endeavour grant is evaluating the value of Public and Community Housing and Urban Regeneration, in collaboration …
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  • The case for a NZ-Australia Pandemic Cooperation Agreement

    … face criticism or reputation loss from the international community and their international trading partners. … position Australia, our region, and the international community to prevent pandemics.” The range of Pacific states … all the sovereign island states of the  Pacific Community could be invited to join. Some difficulties could …
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  • Expanding Ka Ora, Ka Ako is ‘bread and butter’ action to alleviate the cost-of-healthy-food crisis

    … least double Ka Ora, Ka Ako. We based the call on strong community support , as well as emerging evidence of the … benefits at the level of the child, whānau, school, community and food system. Author details: Professor Boyd …
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  • Comparing two pandemics: A century apart

    … major waves for at least four years. The global scientific community’s ability to quickly develop Covid-19 vaccines has … influenza pandemic demonstrated the critical role of community engagement and public adherence with health …
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  • New report shows how regional plans could transform freshwater quality

    … restoring or protecting its health and achieving other community goals (like safe swimming, gathering mahinga kai or … catchment to support ecosystem health and the goals of the community. Targets referred to the nutrient concentration … achieve, to support ecosystem health and the goals of the community. The Report identified that nutrient targets in the …
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  • The Two-Faced Tobacco Industry: Transformation and Cigarillos

    … badly out of sync with their PR propaganda. The smokefree community has expressed many concerns about tobacco … from other submissions and accorded much less weight than community and expert submissions. 15 Second, exposure of … of Chesterfield Leaf confirms concerns the public health community has long held and provides further evidence, if any …
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  • Using Rapid Antigen Tests to improve COVID-19 control in Aotearoa NZ

    … incidence in communities or in areas with widespread community transmission; in areas with widespread community transmission for early identification of cases in … pandemic virus causing COVID-19 can move swiftly through a community before a single case is identified. NZ officials …
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  • New Zealanders strongly support policies to curb alcohol harm – will government listen?

    … have been made to embed Te Tiriti o Waitangi, 4 strengthen community control in licensing, and regulate online purchase … the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 to strengthen community control in licensing, regulate online purchase and …
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  • Are we ready to eliminate invasive meningococcal disease in Aotearoa New Zealand?

    … include ensuring sufficient allocation of resources at community level to achieve equity in vaccine protection and … running vaccination programmes with high uptake once community providers were adequately resourced to do so. … in NZ, 21 highlighting the potential for prevention of community transmission by improving housing conditions and …
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  • Where do the parties stand? Long-term thinking & catastrophic risks

    … Change Adaptation Bill; funding “tangata whenua and community-led adaptation and resilience to climate change”; … local governments’ ability to fund tangata whenua and community-led adaptation and resilience to climate change, … short-term engineering solutions and increase funding for community organisations around Aotearoa to deliver these. 4. …
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