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  • Consumer Care Guidelines for electricity retailers must be mandatory

    … Summary As He Kāinga Oranga Housing and Health Research Programme at the University of Otago … without electricity and we expect most people will have access to enough electricity at home. Living without enough … are urgently needed in Aotearoa to ensure everyone has access to warm, dry, healthy housing; We can’t wait another …
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  • Transport, carbon emission reduction and health- the possibility of a virtuous circle?

    … Shaw and Simon Hales reflect on the weak evidence on health co-benefits for some ‘big’ environmental policies, but … ‘no-brainer’ actions that can be taken now with likely health and environmental co-benefit. They have recently published a systematic review “Health Co-Benefits of Climate Change Mitigation Policies in …
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  • Potential for an avian influenza pandemic: Time for NZ to ramp up preparedness

    … pandemic responses, notably the effective use of public health and social measures (PHSM) to delay entry and … export testing for avian influenza to meet Overseas Market Access Requirements (OMAR) and enable export of day-old … in wild bird populations, including native birds: DOC staff in the sub-Antarctic islands and Antarctic New Zealand …
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  • We need rapid progress on digital solutions to help eliminate COVID-19 from New Zealand

    … of the COVID-19 pandemic has quickly overwhelmed existing health systems in affected countries. Most countries are … and implement an effective response. On 2 April, the World Health Organization hosted a high-level meeting between … living in areas of poor internet connectivity may not have access to smartphones or may be unfamiliar with such apps. …
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  • Mounting complexities in the dietary salt & health relationship

    … A large prospective study on dietary salt and health has recently been reported in the New England Journal … work that a (very) high intake of salt is hazardous to health – an increased hazard was also found for low intakes … IMPORTANT.]   The overall evidence around salt and harm to health (as outlined in two recent systematic reviews (1, 2)) …
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  • Urgent action needed to prevent a measles epidemic in Aotearoa New Zealand

    … to strengthen epidemic response capacity across the public health, healthcare, and educational sectors. Aotearoa New … . This obligation includes asking students, children and staff showing signs of communicable diseases to stay at home. … measles outbreaks typically have higher severity than community outbreaks for several reasons. 27 They can lead to …
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  • Urgent action needed to help eliminate cervical cancer in Aotearoa

    … Summary For the first time, the World Health Organization (WHO) has set an ambitious goal to … cell changes. If all women and people with a cervix can access these three things, cervical cancer will be eliminated … for this low coverage vary but include a marked drop in access during Covid-19 lockdowns. There are calls to urgently …
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  • Taxing tobacco in NZ: What we know and what could be next

    … by switching to cheaper brands rather than quitting. Large health gains from tobacco tax increases NZ research published in 2015 (5) indicates large health gains from ongoing 10% annual tobacco tax rises until … NZ population ( see this blog for further details ). These health gains do not seem to be threatened by trends in …
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  • Meat, health, hospitals, and sustainability*

    … out of date. Over-consumption of meat is costing us. Our health, our healthcare system, and our environment are all in … item they need is more meat [2,3]. The people in our community who are at the highest risk of bowel cancer are … appropriate that hospitals serve – to both patients and staff – food that causes cancer. What better place is there …
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  • Five years on, Covid-19 remains NZ’s most important infectious disease – it still demands a strong response

    … measures aiming to reduce the harms to population health. Although hospitalisations and deaths have declined … disproportionate impacts, and Long Covid is an increasing health and economic burden. Covid-19 remains our most … and value of admission testing of patients and staff wearing N95 masks. 12 4. Taking specific measures to …
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