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  • Transport, carbon emission reduction and health- the possibility of a virtuous circle?

    … and environmental co-benefit. They have recently published a systematic review “Health Co-Benefits of Climate Change … vehicles (see the pie chart below- note: energy use is a good proxy for carbon emissions in the transport sector). … Panel on Climate Change 2007 Transport is also a key environmental determinant of the health of our …
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  • Proposed Emissions Reduction Plan: A weak response to a weak target

    … to increased emissions so are working against the ERP2. As a result, Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) is unlikely to meet its … Contribution (NDC). Our NDC means we have committed as a country to reducing net greenhouse gas emissions to 50% … more costly than reducing emissions in the first place. 6 After 40 years of development, few CCS projects exist …
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  • New e-liquid flavour restrictions: Potential impacts on young people and people who smoke

    … 1) grew. 4 Figure 1: VAPO age verification screen for a NZ-based website (4 August, 2021)   Figure 2: Screen shot … use (38%), and reported that 10% used ENDS monthly or more often, while 6% used ENDS weekly or more often. The Youth19 survey also reported that 65% of those who …
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  • Expansion of “green zones” may provide a chance for the global eradication of COVID-19

    … of progressive expansion of “green zones” towards a target of COVID-19 eradication. Even if eradication is not … and social measures (PHSMs) could stop the spread of a respiratory virus despite about half of spread being from … in Belgium [13]. Furthermore, the problem of guinea worm infection in domestic dogs has not stopped the global …
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  • COVID-19 in Aotearoa: what does public health do now?

    … health is not over. As the situation in Auckland heralds a transition point in our approach to the pandemic, the … levels of vaccination, and Delta forcing our hand a little earlier than we hoped, we are now moving to the next … That service needs to be able to make the most of the often fragile and fleeting contact to deliver as much public …
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  • From across the Ditch: How Australia has to decide on the least worst option for COVID-19

    … Australia owes a debt of gratitude to its pandemic modellers, public health … politicians – we have avoided the explosive beginning of a COVID-19 epidemic that most other countries are now cursed … we are advantaged by being at the bottom of the world with a slightly longer time to respond. Without wanting to cheer …
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  • Reducing salt in food good for health and NZ’s health budget – New research

    … In this blog post we report on a new study from the BODE 3 Programme that suggests that … health sector. We also put these results into a wider context of how nutrition could be improved in NZ. … and stroke. Salt is ubiquitous in processed food, and often at levels that vary widely within the same type of food …
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  • Media release: Our fourth wave of Covid-19 and why we should care

    … Michael Baker says New Zealand is clearly experiencing a fourth wave of Covid-19 and health authorities should be … from Covid-19. This fourth wave is potentially driven by a rise in the XBB subvariant which has become dominant in the … hospitalisation, with more than 22,000 admissions in 2022. Infection can result in prolonged illness, including long …
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  • The COVID-19 pandemic in Aotearoa/NZ: A brief photo-essay with 10 photos

    … pandemic in Aotearoa/NZ, each photo is accompanied by a brief comment on the pandemic impact or response. In some … to keep it out at the borders and stamp it out with a lockdown followed by high volume testing, tracing, … to requiring mass mask use by the NZ Government (ie, after many months of advocacy by NZ researchers since April …
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  • What can Aotearoa NZ learn from Australia’s new vaping policies?

    … our current policies do not adequately protect them from a marketing environment where vaping products are very … manufacturers claimed vaping products would offer a reduced harm alternative to people who smoke. However, as … vapes have become widely used as lifestyle accessories. As a result, youth and young adult vaping rates are much higher …
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