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  • Rodents running riot in supermarkets – do we need to worry?

    … Summary  In January and February 2024, the public of Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) were captivated by … in NZ (leptospirosis) and scans the wide variety of other health-relevant problems from rodents (eg, damage to food, … rodent control in NZ.  In January and February 2024, the public of Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) were captivated by …
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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 … (1, 2)) has been described as strong enough to justify public health action to reduce high levels of sodium intake. … probably generate much academic discussion and probing. We plan to update our perspective in the future (keep checking …
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  • Preparing for Omicron: A proactive Government response is urgently needed to minimise harms

    … of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 to minimise harms to health and the economy. The first urgent priority is to … mitigation strategy will favour adjustments to existing public health and social measures to ‘flatten the curve’ and … is a central feature of the New Zealand Influenza Pandemic Plan (NZ’s current pandemic plan) which has the stated key …
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  • NZ compares well with other OECD countries in health & other areas: But scope for improvements

    … also various ways we could make further improvements in health, safety and the environment. The good news is that … relatively well in the well-being domain ( see previous Public Health Expert blog ). Higher self-reported health … nutrition and lower the risk of obesity ( see previous Public Health Expert blogs ). A tax on sugar-sweetened …
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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 eliminate a cancer as a public health problem. Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) committed to … lifetime of today’s children.  NGOs, researchers and the public are calling on the Government to take action now to …
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  • The need for long-term thinking – Especially for preventing catastrophic risks

    … Short-term thinking leads to the neglect of multiple public health problems particularly long-term disease prevention and … thinking into the government system and to facilitate public participation. Election year provides an ideal time …
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  • Media release: New Zealand urged to boost pandemic preparedness as bird flu spreads in US cattle

    … Public health experts are issuing a call to action for New Zealand … strategies, say the authors of a new Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre . At the forefront of … is the immediate update of the national pandemic plan to incorporate key learnings from past responses. …
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  • Strong public support for healthy food policies in Aotearoa

    … and available healthy food. The study underscores the public’s expectation of political action on this front, … overseas.   Poor quality food is a major cause of ill-health and deaths from diseases such as cancer, heart … of understanding how food influences health. Overall public awareness of how diet can influence cancer risk was …
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  • Protecting fresh waterways in Aotearoa/NZ: The strong Public Health case

    … in water; (3) avoiding algal blooms that are hazardous to health; (4) protecting mahinga kai uses (cultural importance … on this document, we briefly review in this blog the public health case for waterways protection. 1) Protecting … that can arise from such actions. In a future blog we plan to comment on more specific aspects of MfE’s Discussion …
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  • What does the EY Tobacco Excise Tax Evaluation Report mean for reaching the Smokefree 2025 Goal?

    … on the Ernst and Young (EY) report to the Ministry of Health, which evaluated tobacco excise tax increases as a … NZ tobacco control sector’s Achieving Smokefree Aotearoa Plan (ASAP) launched a year previously [2] . The report … place a high priority on improving and safeguarding the public health, including progressing key public health …
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