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  • International index ranks Aotearoa New Zealand last for effective alcohol policy

    … Alcohol Control Policy Index measures the strength of a country’s alcohol control policies across ten areas, … New Zealand, and four Canadian provinces ranked in terms of the status of alcohol control policies known to be effective in reducing …
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  • Health-related food taxes and subsidies: A critique of opposition arguments

    … produce substantial health gains. However, the proposition of food pricing policies often meets with vigorous opposition and a range of counter-arguments relating to potential harms, lack of … its food production and exports in a healthier and more sustainable direction? Summary In summary, the common …
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  • The cost burden of excess weight in New Zealand: Sizing up a new report

    … obesity prevalence after plateauing for a decade. This is of great concern and it makes a new report from the Sapere Research Group on the Economic Impact of Excess Weight in Aotearoa all the more important. The … is very valuable to have some up-to-date data on the costs of overweight and obesity. The headline number, before we get …
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  • How can we address tobacco companies’ manipulation of cigarette prices?

    … Pricing is one of the most potent influences on consumers’ behaviour. … to implement tobacco excise taxes, which raise the price of tobacco thus reducing tobacco consumption and smoking … young people from experimenting with smoking, and impede development of regular smoking practices. 1-3 Acutely aware …
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  • Shifting all isolation/quarantine facilities to a single air force base: The need for a critical analysis

    … The main advantage would be a reduction in the risk of border control failures, which can potentially involve … impacts. The main disadvantage would be reduced numbers of returnees that could be allowed back into NZ, with these … the assumption is made that the current Auckland outbreak of COVID-19 will be successfully controlled and NZ will …
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  • Covid-19: A planetary disease

    … This blog focuses on the underlying environmental causes of Covid-19 (Covid) and the role of international law in … The IHRs also require routine biosecurity controls. Development of the IHRs 2005 was specifically triggered by … international policy commitments, most recently in the UN Sustainable Development Goals; earth-centred philosophies and …
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  • Using Rapid Antigen Tests to improve COVID-19 control in Aotearoa NZ

    … swabs to collect specimens to test for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus which causes COVID-19). These … amplification methods. These RT-PCR tests amplify segments of genetic material (such as part of the genome of SARS-CoV-2) to detect the presence of the …
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  • NZ compares well with other OECD countries in health & other areas: But scope for improvements

    … in many ways – according to the just released results of the OECD’s “Better Life Index”. This blog considers some of the details and also various ways we could make further … that it ranks among the top countries in a large number of topics in the “Better Life Index” [1]. What follows are a …
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  • More courage needed from our political parties—reviewing our election series

    … stand on issues that impact the health and wellbeing of our population. In this article we review our “Where do the parties stand” series, in which we put a range of public health issues to the five parties currently in … fares for public transport and policies to move to more sustainable and health-promoting transport. "While some …
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  • Key findings in the 2021/22 NZ Health Survey: Continued rapid falls in smoking prevalence and increases in vaping

    … people aged ≥55 years. The rapid increase in prevalence of EC use seen in 2020/21 continued in 2021/22, with the … size was reduced) and the extraordinary circumstances of the pandemic may have resulted in temporary behaviour … adults. In 2021/22, largely due to reduced availability of interviewers, response rates fell to 56% and around a …
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