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  • Not forgetting the benefits to youth and non-smokers – an example from increases in tobacco taxes

    … the debate about e-cigarettes and smokefree strategies in NZ focuses on helping smokers to quit or exploring how they … quitting [3]. They are likely to have contributed to NZ’s major declines in youth smoking and on-going declines in … and another one on the 2018 EY Report on tobacco tax in NZ ). NZ modelling work also suggests tobacco tax increases …
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  • Media release: Rise in congenital syphilis requires action – experts

    … on to her baby during pregnancy. Prior to 2017 cases in NZ were rare but in the last five years there have been more … death, prematurity, and critically ill newborns,” says Dr Emma Best, a Paediatric Infectious Diseases specialist with the University of Auckland. Dr Best and other authors write about the increasing …
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  • Has the time come for a register of AI systems used by government agencies?

    … Several recent reports in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) offer a roadmap for AI implementation, highlighting the … and Computer Science, Victoria University of Wellington Dr Karaitiana Taiuru , Director, Taiuru & Associates; AI, Data and Emerging Tech Ethicist Dr Robyn Whittaker , Adjunct Professor, National Institute …
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  • Low-cost heart-healthy bread for NZ

    … from further study due to its relatively high cost at NZ$5). All loaves made in a home bread-making machine … which has all three of these nutrients is bread and, in NZ, bread is the major single source of dietary sodium. … sodium in bread (eg, (5-10) – including our own work in NZ (11)). Furthermore, there have been successful studies and …
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  • Beautiful benchtops: How should we protect our workers?

    … reporting . Unfortunately, action in New Zealand (NZ) is lagging behind Australia, leaving our tradespeople … to support workers living with silicosis. Authors details Dr Alexandra Muthu - Occupational & Environmental Physician, … Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Dr Adrienne Edwards - Respiratory Physician, Royal …
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  • Energy poverty: The lowest-income households pay more in Aotearoa

    … consequences from cold housing.  It is essential that NZ’s lowest-income households can keep warm, so we must … emissions and have important co-benefits  Authors details Dr Kimberley O'Sullivan , He Kāinga Oranga / Housing and … of Otago Wellington / Ōtakou Whakaihu Waka ki Pōneke Dr Caroline Fyfe , Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden …
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  • The alarms are flashing red: Five reasons to upgrade our Alert Level system before the next Covid-positive traveller visits a major city

    … Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ’s) Alert Level system worked well in 2020, but the … is changing and the system needs to change with it to keep NZ ahead of the pandemic.  In this blog we summarise our … and uphold Te Tiriti o Waitangi. On 19-21 June 2021 NZ experienced a critical incident in which a traveller with …
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  • Can we make better use of a cost-effective anti-cancer vaccine? The case of HPV vaccination in NZ girls

    … evaluation summary and media release ), we found that the NZ Government’s investment in HPV vaccination for girls is … genital warts. Primarily to prevent cervical cancer, the NZ Government began funding a vaccination programme against … observed coverage was about 47%. The funded HPV vaccine in NZ is a quadrivalent one which includes protection against …
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  • Antiviral stockpiles for pandemic preparedness: Time for a careful rethink?

    … As part of influenza pandemic readiness, NZ has a 32 million dollar stockpile of antiviral drugs. But … recent evidence from a new Cochrane systematic review – NZ policymakers should probably now carefully review this … made publicly available. Indeed, a NZ Cochrane fellow, Dr Vanessa Jordan, was recently on NZ radio saying that the …
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  • Aotearoa New Zealand's fourth wave of Covid-19 and why we should care

    … Summary Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) is experiencing a fourth wave of Covid-19 infection. This … pandemic infections. Author details Prof Michael Baker , Dr Jennifer Summers , Dr John Kerr , and Prof Nick Wilson are with the Department …
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