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  • A Smokefree Aotearoa – could making tobacco products available only through community pharmacies help us get there?

    … stores, petrol stations and supermarkets.   The health burden from tobacco smoking in Aotearoa New Zealand … 4510 to 5100) premature deaths in 2019 alone. 1 The total health loss (including morbidity) in 2019 was 116,000 (95%UI: … life years (DALYs). 1 Smoking causes substantial health inequities and results in poorer health for Māori. 2 3 …
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  • Tax policy as a key health determinant: Reform for the Covid-19 reset

    … societal services that are critical for the prevention and management of Covid-19. Tax is the way we all share our … addressed – or conversely exacerbated. Tax is therefore a health determinant, given its functions in ensuring adequate … details on a possible wealth transfer charge , see here . Information: Greater information on our tax system is …
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  • Getting through together: ethical values for a pandemic

    … Public health responses to infectious diseases such as COVID-19 … us to draw on our common humanity as well as on our public health expertise in making the difficult decisions that are … Pandemic Plan : ‘plan for it’, and ‘keep it out’ or border management. Soon we might be at phase 3 ‘stamp it out’ and …
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  • Should smokefree indoor areas = vapefree areas?

    … The NZ Ministry of Health is currently reviewing public submissions on options … laws and policies. It is timely that the Ministry of Health is considering whether and how to allow access to … remains unclear) or move nicotine-users to where their health is at lower risk of harm. However, regulatory changes …
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  • Public Health Solutions Series: Public policy options to address alcohol-related harm in Aotearoa

    … and marketing.   This blog is part of the Public Health Solutions s eries looking at effective public health measures to reduce demand on healthcare quickly .   … alcohol marketing   All three recommendations would reduce health service use in the short and long term and are …
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  • Media release: Decades-old nutrition data leave NZ in the dark

    … Public health and food industry experts are calling on the … essential, up-to-date data for shaping effective public health policies and tackling rising diet-related diseases. … , say researchers  in the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre . Briefing co-author Prof Cliona …
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  • Protecting hapu māmā and newborn babies through immunisation during pregnancy in Aotearoa New Zealand

    … Such steps will complement the recently announced health target of 95% of children receiving all recommended … findings reflect stark inequities in access to maternal health care and signal the need for system change.  … who need it most. Healthcare providers need to get the information and services to them so whānau are able to make …
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  • Capitalising on NZ’s linked data by increasing IT and researcher capacity: Opportunity is knocking

    … environment, strengths we can build on. Consider the health data.  All mortality and hospitalisation events, … and so on, can be linked anonymously through the National Health Index number (unique patient identifier).  Moreover, … processes. Here is the vision of the Virtual Health Information Network : To create and sustain an environment …
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  • Patterns of declining smoking in NZ – But more action needed by the New Government

    … Just published results from the NZ Health Survey indicate ongoing declines in smoking for Māori … could be accelerated. Just published results from the NZ Health Survey indicate recent ongoing declines in smoking, … smoking cessation service provision – which includes health worker counselling and provision of pharmacotherapy; …
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  • Dropping the ball on measles? Aotearoa must close an ‘immunity gap’ to avoid a measles epidemic

    … meant that it was the last nation-wide epidemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) certified measles elimination in NZ … a large measles epidemic risk with consequences for the health sector; and those made miserable, disabled or dead. … on your return to New Zealand. Where to get more information on measles disease and MMR vaccine. Other …
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