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Is Euthanasia a health priority for New Zealand at present?
… by the extra demands and changes required because of Covid-19. There is also an urgent need to implement some of … from the much more serious issues of responding to the Covid-19 pandemic and to the Simpson review of the health …
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In the news: Long Covid: Teachers, healthcare workers most vulnerable occupations, report finds
… on 26 March following the publication of the Briefing Long Covid in Aotearoa NZ: Risk assessment and preventive action … . The Briefing presented findings from a review of Long Covid to guide NZ’s response to this public health threat. … and the Pacific Media Network. … In the news: Long Covid: Teachers, healthcare workers most vulnerable …
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PHCC monthly Newsletter: August 2024
… 20 years. Other Briefings have looked at how effective our Covid-19 vaccine programme is, made recommendations about …
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PHCC Newsletter: March 2025
… of our newsletter . Five years on from the arrival of Covid-19 in Aotearoa, public health experts emphasise the … burden, including hospitalisations, mortality, and Long Covid. Other hazards like silicosis, firearms, and youth …
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Current and future generations must flourish: Time for a long-term and global perspective on pandemic and other catastrophic risks
… of global public goods, particularly in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, thereby setting the UN’s vision for the … best practice’ was nowhere near adequate for the risk of Covid-19. This Commissioner could also help overcome siloed … on risk mitigation. To the credit of the UN SG’s report, Covid-19 is framed as an impetus to prepare not just for …
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Media release: Poor ventilation on buses and trains – a fixable risk to health
… risk of passing on respiratory infections such as Covid-19, according to new research. The latest Briefing from … settings.” Professor Nick Wilson says research around Covid-19 has led to a more sophisticated understanding about …
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Unaffordable home heating increases risk of severe mental distress
… and disabled persons. 10-15 In the last measurement before COVID-19 (using 2018-2019 data), 134,000 households or 7.6% … spent much more time at home during colder months due to COVID-19 lockdowns and necessary preventative health … necessary changes to increase support in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have made it difficult to assess the impact …
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Potential for an avian influenza pandemic: Time for NZ to ramp up preparedness
… scenarios. The publicly available version is still the pre-Covid influenza plan from 2017. 13 The revised plan needs … and physical distancing. 14 As was demonstrated during the Covid-19 pandemic, these measures were sufficient to … response capacity. 21 The work of the NZ Royal Commission COVID-19 Lessons Learned is particularly important given its …
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Monkeypox has arrived in Aotearoa New Zealand: what is the level of risk and how do we manage it?
… of our first case on Saturday 9 July 2022 1 . The Covid-19 pandemic has illustrated the importance of having a … This is a contrast with the current strategy settings for Covid-19 and seasonal influenza. 2. Implement case-based … and viral genome testing (as developed during the current Covid-19 pandemic) to track community outbreaks. Suspected …
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Media release: NZ could eliminate the deadly meningococcal disease
… says we have public health infrastructure from the Covid-19 pandemic that could help in elimination of … matters most, in the community. Both before and during the Covid-19 pandemic, Māori and Pacific organisations have run …
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