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  • Long Covid: High economic burden justifies further preventive efforts

    … of productivity losses and other costs such as healthcare use to inform the cost-effectiveness of preventive … and social measures (including indoor ventilation and mask use where appropriate), with a focus on settings such as …
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  • Why we need an Aotearoa Centre for Disease Control (CDC)

    … This organisation would be more effective, and make better use of resources, if it functioned as a ‘distributed’ centre … is co-located with ESR laboratories allowing some shared use of facilities. Doing this would be consistent with … which would also benefit from greater coordination and use of translational science, including environmental health, …
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  • The draft NZ Health Strategy: Will it enable New Zealanders to “live well, stay well and get well”?

    … from a population health perspective, at least in its use of language and terminology. Phrases like a system moving … terms used) Number % (of all health loss) 1) Tobacco use 86,900 9.1% “smokefree” (n=2), “tobacco” (n=1), “smoking” …
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  • Low-cost heart-healthy bread for NZ

    … salt in the bread with a high potassium salt, increasing use of wholemeal flour, and for the higher cost version, … test” the acceptability of various HHBs on staff who use the hospital cafeteria. The latter could be done in … version for those at increased CVD risk. More widespread use of such breads eg, potentially recommended by health …
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  • Protecting children in cars from tobacco smoke: The inconsistent case of new mandatory child restraints while optional smoking persists

    … seventh birthday, and seven year olds must continue to use a child restraint if one is available. 1 The NZ Transport … Smokefree 2025 goal. Simply telling drivers to use their discretion around not smoking fails to recognise …
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  • Where do the parties stand? Long-term thinking & catastrophic risks

    … of the response was somewhat tangential eg, “banned single-use plastic bags”. Green Referred to its plans around … regions, and restore our environment. We’ve banned single-use plastic bags and committed to phasing out more single-use plastics. This month, the Government commenced …
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  • New Zealand’s poor pandemic preparedness according to the Global Health Security Index

    … there is very little oversight of concerning dual-use biotechnology research (research that can be used for … and synthetic biology, and little oversight of dual-use biotechnologies of concern [12]. The Global Preparedness … and security communities Assign responsibility for dual-use research and technology to a Minister in the Home Office …
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  • Does healthy food really cost more?

    … Per gram? Per serve size? This blog post explains how the use of different price metrics changes the result. It also … food, and there is no consensus on which price metric to use. Instead, the cost of a healthy diet, relative to the …
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  • Prevention and treatment of mental disorders will help reduce dementia

    … pollution, head injury, physical inactivity, high alcohol use, and untreated depression. Secondly, factors that reduce … wellbeing such as higher rates of smoking and alcohol use and lower rates of physical activity and social …
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  • Flooding, public health – and the need for more emphasis on prevention

    … only 4% maintained boiling water or bottled water use for the necessary nine-week period (5). There is also a … to such forests in the hill country, through tighter land-use regulation. It could also perhaps use disincentives – such as higher rates charged for …
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