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  • Avoidable hospitalisations: Helping our health system get through COVID-19

    … of preventable injuries that currently take a toll on hospital and health resources. These include those caused … significant and valuable differences for hospital staff, medical centres and patients. Even with reduced private road … Australasia have alcohol-related ‘injuries, intoxication, medical conditions (or) injuries caused by an …
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  • Potential impact of an Omicron outbreak: A look at the IHME modelling for NZ

    … in MIQ . However, this change will not have an impact on arriving cases until March 2022. Therefore, substantially … of around three months. IHME also considers the impact on the NZ hospital system (Figure 23.1 in its NZ report). This graphic shows the hospital system moving into …
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  • Food and beverage taxes for a healthier diet: The Pacific experience

    … we are seeing a growing impact of the food environment on chronic disease burdens. In response, the World Health Organization recommends fiscal policies like taxes on sugary drinks and unhealthy foods. In our region, Pacific countries have led the way with excise taxes on unhealthy food and drinks being introduced since the turn …
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  • The Havelock North drinking water inquiry: A wake-up call to rebuild public health in New Zealand

    … are now common knowledge. The outbreak was recognised on 12 August 2016 and resulted in an estimated 5,500 cases, 45 hospitalisations, and 3 deaths by the time it … public health function to the point that it is now under serious threat. It may surprise many to know that there …
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  • Poor ventilation in public transport settings in Aotearoa NZ: New data for buses and trains

    … Summary In this Briefing we report on carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) levels in public transport … NZ Ministry of Education in 2022 distributed more than 12,500 portable CO 2 monitors to all state and state-integrated …
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  • Long COVID: a crucial reason for vax, mask, and distance

    … social measures. Introduction In the earlier PHE blogs 1,2 on long COVID – now increasingly also called Post-Acute … Alliance to undertake a retrospective analysis of the medical history of 240,648 COVID-19-infected persons 79 . … diagnosis with COVID-19 were 7-10 times less likely to report two or more long-COVID symptoms than unvaccinated …
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  • Daily nicotine use increases among youth in Aotearoa NZ: The 2021 Snapshot Y10 Survey

    … aged 14-15. The survey provides important information on vaping and smoking among an age group where dependence on … assess the impact of different policies.  While the survey report reveals declining daily smoking, it also shows … products are not able to be sold legally to people aged under 18, it is very concerning to see the survey found that …
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  • Where do the parties stand? Addressing Māori health inequity

    … major parties with a set of questions about their position on five areas relevant to public health: managing future … out its objects and functions…”. The health system changes under Pae Ora have the potential to make lasting difference … transform Working for Families by creating a Family Tax Credit of $215 a week for the first child and $135 a week for …
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  • Where do the parties stand? A low carbon, healthy transport system

    … survey of political parties in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) on the topic of transport policy. Three parties in the … consequences of the transport system and/or are placed under significant financial strain to pay for essential … Victoria University Wellington Dr Kirsty Wild , Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, …
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  • What we would like to see on the Ministry of Health’s website to better inform progress on COVID-19 elimination

    … and display a key graph that we think should be routinely on that website. We also detail a potentially more useful way … public and research community can better track progress on the path to COVID-19 elimination. Both the graphical and … travel variable blank (13) have a similar distribution of report dates to those with the overseas travel variable as …
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