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  • Warmest New Zealand winter ever recorded – The Government should do more on climate change

    … mean more comfort, more time outdoors, lower electricity bills, less air pollution from domestic fires, and perhaps … of damage to human civilisation – a public health threat on a scale larger than we usually consider. While these risks … trading system is similarly only at a trivial level (at under $10 per tonne of CO 2 ). There are strong ethical …
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  • The Smokefree 2025 Action Plan: key findings from the ITC New Zealand (EASE) project

    … Smokefree 2025 Action Plan Discussion Document , and data on use of illicit tobacco products. Introduction and methods … who smoke in the ITC NZ surveys the vast majority (82% W2) report regretting starting to smoke, and contrary to the … in tobacco product retailers from around 6000 to 300, just under a quarter of respondents (24%) believed that they would …
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  • New e-liquid flavour restrictions: Potential impacts on young people and people who smoke

    … we discuss flavour restrictions and their potential impact on people who smoke and those who neither smoke nor use … examining young people’s reasons for trying or using ENDS report flavours are a key reason for experimentation and … young people is highly appropriate and well overdue. [1] Under review. * Author details: Janet Hoek, Nick Wilson, …
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  • Public Health Communication Centre strategic outline

    … we live. Primary Charter Objectives The PHCC was formed on the basis of a Charter signed between the University of … Ministries and Departments, and during legislative process on how to protect and improve public health in New Zealand. … the Public Health Expert Briefing . Engage with the media on public health issues and research. Provide comment and …
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  • The arrival of Candida auris in Aotearoa NZ: risk assessment and actions needed

    … mainly through contact with contaminated surfaces and medical equipment. Standard hospital-grade disinfectants are … C. auris infections can result from the use of invasive medical devices that are contaminated with C. auris . 1 2 … aimed at detecting and managing cases C. auris can persist on surfaces and medical equipment for several months through …
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  • Digesting things further: High dietary salt intakes are almost certainly problematic

    … We recently did a blog post on dietary salt and health , particularly with regard to a … with input from colleagues in a journal club we ran. Based on these discussions, we now have stronger concerns about … salt intakes. Again however we invite critical comment on our assessment and suggestions on where to from here.   …
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  • Improving NZ Government communication about COVID-19: Five suggestions

    … for much of the COVID-19 pandemic has been remarked on. But given that the pandemic situation is very far from … ‘a person who is not considered as a national by any State under the operation of its law’. There are strictly defined … flights to NZ potentially causing problems with access to “medical supplies”. 18 This is a potentially alarmist …
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  • How to Systematically Reduce the Border Failure Risk for COVID-19 in Aotearoa/NZ

    … border control failures Risk component Details and comment on risk reduction options Consider suspending travel from … close contacts of high-risk workers could be required to report their health status weekly, with a lower threshold for … z/news-media/media-releases/results-covid-19-positive-cases-under-investigation-returned ). No investigation report has …
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  • Queenstown outbreak highlights future challenges for clean drinking water

    … findings, there needs to be more public discussion on how to keep communities’ drinking water safe and more … debate from central and local government politicians on this important issue. While the water regulator, Taumata … with giardiasis, the other major enteric protozoan disease under close surveillance (both are notifiable by the …
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  • NZ should prepare for a potentially severe global coronavirus pandemic

    … components of our pandemic plan, with a particular focus on ‘keep it out’. NZ has many natural and institutional … in China with a doubling time of about a week, as reported on 31 January [1]. It also has a concerning case fatality … influenza (which disease modelling shows still kills about 500 people a year in New Zealand, a mortality risk of …
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