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  • The Covid inquiry report is an excellent guide to preparing for the next pandemic – health cuts put that at risk

    … reviewed the Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) pandemic response and the wider threat from future pandemics. It identified … high level ‘road-map’ for improving pandemic preparedness and recommends immediate action.  Release of the report … long-awaited inquiry into New Zealand’s Covid response . 1 The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Covid-19 report 1 …
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  • Nourishing futures: How micronutrients improve pregnancy outcomes, reduce healthcare costs

    … women/wāhine globally, increasing pregnancy complications and postnatal depression. Psychotherapy is recommended but is … foods), and for consideration around the routine promotion or prescribing of micronutrient supplements by the NZ … depression affects 21% of pregnant wāhine worldwide. 1 Untreated antenatal depression is linked to higher rates of …
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  • New Vaping Bill: Some important progress but critical gaps remain

    … has moved quickly to “crack down” on youth vaping and proposes introducing new measures in a new bill. These … they could offer a less harmful alternative to smoking 1 but did not anticipate the vaping prevalence now evident … and density of vape stores, regulate price discounting), or reduce vaping products’ appeal. The Bill’s definition of …
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  • Why don’t we live as long and healthily as we could: social values and decision making

    … Blog. This blog is going to consider what we could do, and what we probably should not do, to improve public … We will traverse the range from birth to end of life care and death, efficiency versus equity, learning from our … health (e.g. the National Health Committee in New Zealand, or the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence …
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  • The maths and ethics of minimising COVID-19 deaths in NZ

    … to clearly articulate its COVID-19 strategy: eradication or ‘flattening the curve’ mitigation. But to do so means understanding the maths and ethics of both these strategies. In this blog we adapt … that about 60% of people are infected and become immune (1 – 1/R 0 = 60%). This is herd immunity – when a high enough …
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  • Can oral tobacco and nicotine products help people to stop smoking?

    … in principle the sale of oral tobacco products (e.g. snus) and oral nicotine products (e.g. pouches) in Aotearoa New … nicotine for the short-term relief of withdrawal symptoms or as a longer-term replacement source of nicotine may help … that contains tobacco, is widely used in Sweden [ Figure 1 ]. People place the pouch between their gum and lip, and …
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  • Long COVID Staff Clinic: Caring for carers in Taranaki

    … have a relatively high level of exposure to COVID-19 and an elevated risk of Long COVID. This article describes an … for more than 12 weeks after their acute infection 1 . Some are referring to it as a new epidemic 2 . Health … 3 . Common ongoing symptoms of Long COVID include fatigue or general malaise, headaches, cognitive impairment, …
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  • “Appetite for Destruction”: A new book with attitude – but also strong science

    … tomorrow Gareth Morgan is known as a smart economist and a bit of a stirrer of public debate.  Think domestic cat … to save birds . Think “Big Kahuna” on social policy. And think “Health Cheque” , a review of prioritisation in the … a global food market and technological progress. Whoops. (Or more technically, ‘market failure’.) So how do Morgan and …
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  • Smoking denormalization and tobacco endgames

    … health risks it poses became clear. Government policies and social marketing campaigns have progressively reduced … lives by defining what practices we view as acceptable (or not) and how we feel others perceive us.[1] Norms lead us to modify our behaviour as we move from one …
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  • Period Drama: How to Address Period Poverty in Aotearoa

    … additional difficulties because products like tampons and pads are priced out of reach. Period poverty impacts … when the prohibitive cost of products such as tampons or pads stops people from going to work or school 1-2 . Period poverty refers to the specific impact of …
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