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  • Social advantage associated with greenhouse emissions from transport in Aotearoa

    … essential to meet climate targets and prevent the adverse health and other consequences of climate change. However, we … in household transport GHGe in Aotearoa New Zealand: this information is essential to design good policy and achieve a … is not secure. 13 Our research suggests that demand management would be a reasonable way of reducing air travel …
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  • Watch this space – The Public Health Communication Centre launches soon

    … ( The Briefing is rebranded from the successful Public Health Expert Blog which has run for over a decade.) The Briefing is public health expert commentary and analysis. We unpack some of the big public health issues facing our country, detail what the research is …
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  • Keeping public health on the agenda for the new government

    … Summary The Public Health Expert Briefing will be highlighting evidence-informed public health solutions in a new series: Briefings to the Incoming … and new areas of focus. What doesn’t change are the health and sustainability challenges we face as a country. …
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  • World Ventil8 Day – How do our buildings measure up?

    … importance of ventilation as a crucial part of enabling health and wellbeing. Breathing clean air is so often ignored … day indoors, the air we breathe has a direct impact on our health and wellbeing. As well as having indoor sources of … symptoms, cancers, and premature death. 2 The World Health Organization (WHO) states that poor indoor air …
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  • Intensifying Covid-19 Control Measures: 5 Measures for Faster Elimination and 5 Measures to Prevent Future outbreaks

    … Covid-19 outbreak in Auckland still poses risks to health, social wellbeing and the economy. There is a need for … priority populations (as recently argued for by a Māori health leader [4]). 3. Consider further reducing essential … employers involved. The recently revised Auckland District Health Board policy reducing visitor numbers to their …
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  • Limiting the size of single serve sugary drinks: New NZ study on health and cost impacts

    … Through these two mechanisms we predicted the resulting health gains in quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) and health system costs over the remaining life course of the NZ … NZ population level it was estimated to generate a total health gain of 82,100 QALYs (95% uncertainty interval [UI]: …
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  • Food taxes and subsidies will probably protect health & reduce inequalities – but the devil is in the detail

    … among socially disadvantaged groups with worse diets and health to start with. But the proof is in the pudding, which in this case is the health and economic modelling to see what effect taxes and … international models show little if any improvement in health from subsidies on fruit and vegetables, because …
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  • Nitrate contamination in drinking water and adverse birth outcomes: emerging evidence is concerning for NZ

    … drinking water nitrate limit of 11.3 mg/L set by the World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO limit is only designed to … account for the potential links to cancer or other adverse health outcomes. Attracting less public attention is the link … to humans” (Group 2A). 16 While a Danish Study found an association and attracted a lot of attention, 1 at least 11 …
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  • How to Systematically Reduce the Border Failure Risk for COVID-19 in Aotearoa/NZ

    … it is an excellent time for a systematic review by NZ health authorities to identify optimal methods for reducing … institution and face substantial fines. Review risk management of international air crew An updated review on the … reporting along with recommended corrective actions. Such information is essential to inform system improvements. …
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  • The COVID-19 house fire and the unbearable silence of fire alarms

    … ” ) WHO? The Emergency Committee The international health regulations (IHR) provide for the Emergency Committee of the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare a Public Health …  letter  published 23 February 2021. Unfortunately, key information appears to have been suppressed in Wuhan during …
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