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Upgrade of NZ’s COVID-19 Alert Levels Needed to Help Regain NZ’s Elimination Status
… damage in most countries around the world. Nevertheless, a number of jurisdictions appear to have eliminated community … such, these jurisdictions can provide encouragement that a country like NZ can successfully work to regain its former elimination status [1], while waiting for a vaccine or therapeutics to become available. A key goal is …
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Where do the parties stand? Addressing Māori health inequity
… access to health services, poorer quality of care, and a failure of health services to improve outcomes for Māori, … Centre contacted each of the five major parties with a set of questions about their position on five areas … years within the previous single health authority system. A new path forward is needed that gives Māori greater say …
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Media release: Why we need an Aotearoa Centre for Disease Control (CDC)
… Aotearoa New Zealand needs a Centre for Disease Control (CDC) to prepare the country for … Crump, and co-authors look at the advantages of having a CDC to build the science capacity needed for responding to … existing infectious disease threats. New Zealand’s lack of a specialised national infectious disease centre makes us an …
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Reducing cardiovascular disease deaths from overweight & obesity: Fortunately there are several options
… Compared to a ‘normal’ body weight (BMI 20-<25), being obese (BMI ≥ 30) is associated with a 69% higher coronary heart disease death rate and a 47% higher stroke death rate [1]. The same excess rates for …
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Will liberalising nicotine availability increase quitting?
… changes to liberalise the e-cigarette market set out a robust process for helping people who smoke to switch to … of dual use vary, many smokers appear to continue smoking after having started using an e-cigarette regularly. Even if … are to promote successful smoking cessation. Smokers often develop important practices around smoking that they …
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The Brits are doing it: likely health benefits from a levy on soft drinks
… A study published today finds that the UK soft drink levy … obesity, diabetes and dental caries) – when considering a range of different Drinks Industry responses. In this Blog … seriously – well, they at least decided to introduce a levy on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs). Post-Brexit, the …
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Tobacco Excise Taxes and the Smokefree 2025 Goal: Some Ways Forward
… retail crime. In this blog, we explore how allocating a proportion of tobacco tax revenue to assist smokers, and … on the Government to stop increasing the cost of tobacco, a measure they argue causes unacceptable hardship to some … to those selling tobacco products . New Zealand First, a coalition partner in the current Government, has invoked …
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Aotearoa’s government-funded school lunches failing nutrition standards
… lunches only provided about half the energy expected for a school lunch and less than a fifth of the daily energy requirements for growing teens. … in New Zealand live in households where food runs out often or sometimes, 8 the very low energy content of the …
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Mortality declines in Aotearoa NZ during the first two years of the Covid-19 pandemic
… the last two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, NZ has used a range of public health measures that have played a direct role in keeping mortality from Covid-19 relatively … herd immunity with the now debunked strategy that assumed infection would provide long-lasting natural immunity. For …
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New study on going smokefree – major economic gains for NZ society with manageable costs for government
… considerable growth in income for NZ citizens with a total cumulative gain of US$31 billion ($NZ46 billion) by 2050. From a government revenue perspective, increased superannuation … tax revenue (due to people quitting smoking) produce a net financial shortfall for the government of US$11.5 …
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