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  • Flooding, public health – and the need for more emphasis on prevention

    … preventive action by central and local government so as to better reduce the health and economic impacts of … may get worse in the future, with a mix of such factors as climate change and the expansion of towns and cities (if … or bottled water use for the necessary nine-week period (5). There is also a need to consider the indirect health …
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  • Strong public support for healthy food policies in Aotearoa

    … a major cause of ill-health and deaths from diseases such as cancer, heart disease, and diabetes in Aotearoa New … reducing the cost of healthy food, and back policies such as healthy lunches in schools and a tax on sugary drinks.  … that there are multiple benefits of policies. 5,6 Thus, while it is not the only factor, clear …
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  • Vaping prevalence and trends: Important findings from 2023-24 NZ Health Survey

    … prevalence among adults aged ≥15 years increased from 3.5% in 2019/20 to 11.1% in 2023/24. Vaping prevalence was … source that poses fewer physical harms. Vapes (also known as electronic cigarettes) may help to reduce smoking … by substantial increases in vaping among 15–24-year-olds, as shown in Figure 3.   Vaping by age group Since 2020/21, …
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  • Note to the Havelock North Inquiry – Think Big

    … campylobacteriosis outbreaks during this period (Table 5.1 in Wilson, 2005). Why is it that outbreaks like this … well-understood, and one would think a rich country such as New Zealand has the means to prevent them? Looking for … water. The tests used for monitoring supplies (such as those applied in New Zealand for the presence of the …
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  • Energy poverty: The lowest-income households pay more in Aotearoa

    … Despite this, they still don’t meet their energy needs and as a result experience negative health and wellbeing … million per year due to cold, damp, and mouldy housing. 1 As well as causing harm to physical health, energy poverty … poses a greater risk than exposure to extreme cold. 4 5 Living in poor quality housing and energy poverty forces …
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  • In May 2022 the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020 expires: what then?

    … Response Act 2020 (‘Covid Act’) was enacted on 13 May 2020 as a tailor-made, ‘bespoke’ legal response to the then … those working at the border. Although other statutes such as the Health Act 1956 remain important [2], they were not … enforcement of the Act, and infringement offences [5]. The Committee did not recommend any changes as a result …
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  • The humility of being second to Australia in cancer mortality

    … have 15% higher death rates than expected using Aussie as the comparator, and males 5% higher. The biggest contributors to the gap were … done to improve patient journeys through cancer care, such as cancer care coordinators (which are being implemented in …
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  • The Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Bill – a chance to submit on pivotal legislation for health in Aotearoa

    … Abolishing all District Health Boards and establishing HNZ as the replacement Further details of the new structures and … The Bill disestablishes the Health Promotion Agency as well as District Health Boards (DHBs).  HNZ will be a new … Health Strategy will provide a framework for the overall 5–10 year direction of the health system. The Minister must …
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  • Decades old nutrition data leave NZ in the dark – updated nutrition survey needed

    … of foods 1 and nutrients 2-4 in specific population groups 5, 6 ; the relationship between dietary intakes and health 7 … occurred in the cost, marketing, and labelling of food as well as the types of food available. As new products are …
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  • Bioethicists, scientists and politicians; decision-making in a pandemic

    … in particular, included significant Māori concepts such as kotahitanga (unity of purpose and action), manaakitanga … (is behaviour that acknowledges the mana of others as having equal or greater importance than one’s own, through … this can be very helpful. In my recently published paper 5 I argue that the existence of an ethical framework was an …
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