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  • NZ falling behind on international rules to protect kids from food marketing

    … policies to protect children from the harmful impacts of food marketing. This Briefing outlines how NZ falls short, and how doing so jeopardises the nation’s ability to meet its commitments on children’s rights. When children eat food, it is about …
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  • The maths and ethics of minimising COVID-19 deaths in NZ

    … mitigation. But to do so means understanding the maths and ethics of both these strategies. In this blog we adapt our work for … but a flickering light at the end of the tunnel), or keep on ‘flattening the curve’. But since any eradication strategy …
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  • A major new study on Kiwi health – can it inform decision-making?

    … (This story has also been covered by Radio NZ (3’12”)  and TVNZ (4’09”).) The Ministry of Health has just released a major new burden of disease … gain we might achieve though ‘ideal and complete’ action on modifiable risk factors. Attributable burden (percentage …
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  • Water infrastructure failures from Cyclone Gabrielle show low resilience to climate change

    … Summary When Cyclone Gabrielle swept across large parts of Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) in February this year, it … caused landslides, ripped through homes, trapped people on roofs, ruined farmland and closed roads. Here we assess the reported damage to water …
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  • Public Health at the Movies: A Selection of 35 Top Movies

    … We have assembled a collection of 35 high quality movies as part of public health teaching … medical students. In this blog post we detail the movies and reflect on some of the aspects that make them both … was stymied. Healthcare systems These movies include Stories of Doctors Without Borders (2008) which is about …
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  • World Ventil8 Day – How do our buildings measure up?

    … than the air we breathe. Taking place every year on the 8 November is World Ventil8 Day. This day aims to raise awareness of the importance of ventilation as a crucial part of enabling health and wellbeing. Breathing clean air is so often ignored or …
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  • Using the CovidCard to enhance protection from COVID-19 at the NZ border

    … in NZ. In this blog we consider the recent announcements and cross-party support for the CovidCard’s use by border … in the ongoing battle against COVID-19. Recent reporting of low levels of COVID-19 testing of border facing staff in … different stages of their isolation cycles (eg, a person on day 3 interacting and potentially infecting a person on …
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  • Progress on reducing retail availability of sugary drinks in NZ

    … New Zealand has made some progress in removing the sale of sugary drinks from hospitals and schools. In this blog we look at such successes to date … Mexico, the UK and other countries in adopting taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs*), as per these past blogs …
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  • Insights into health system costs of living and dying in New Zealand – New study

    … A study in the NZ Medical Journal shows how public spending on health varies markedly by age and proximity to death ( Blakely et al 2014, health system … ). It raises interesting questions about the best use of taxpayer funds for preventing and treating ill health. In …
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  • NZ Health Strategy Consultation Draft – are the big prevention programmes really in there?

    … In this blog we comment for a second time this week on the consultation draft of the NZ Health Strategy, focusing this time on preventive … a ‘people centred’ approach it gravitates to IT systems and individual-level actions, and drifts away from …
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