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Five actions to support New Zealand’s Covid-19 response, with a focus on Auckland
… achieve the levels of vaccine coverage needed to limit the health and social harm caused by the current pandemic. … age groups including rangatahi, Māori and Pacific public health leaders, church leaders, gang leaders), key agencies … test at the time of crossing. The importance of careful management of this border is shown by such cases as a truck …
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“100% Pure” – Public Health Goal Setting
… to achieve the “100% level” with certain threats to public health – for example, by achieving Smokefree New Zealand by 2025. This blog suggests public health goals worth aiming for, through 100% elimination of a … visionary thinking by Kiwi political leaders For further information: Wilson N, Baker MG. Celebrating 50 years of …
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Shifting all isolation/quarantine facilities to a single air force base: The need for a critical analysis
… involve outbreaks in NZ’s largest cities with large health and economic impacts. The main disadvantage would be … recovery. There is therefore a need for an integrated health and economic analysis with the NZ Government being … a very much smaller city than Auckland. As such, the health and economic impact of any restrictions required to …
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A National risks assessment should include pandemics and other global catastrophes
… government, and the media A drive to provide public information and foster community empowerment and engagement … System (however that looks) or by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). We have articulated these concerns … League Table allows comparison across NZ and Australia health sector interventions. When using similar methodology …
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Good news on declining smoking rates, especially for Māori. Is it credible? What next?
… generally fit with other evidence and are good news for health in NZ. And late today Tariana Turia has announced that … also some consistency with declines measured in national health surveys, though these have shown more limited … interval 18.5% to 20.3%) in the 2006/07 New Zealand Health Survey to 17.8% (16.8% to 18.7%) in the 2011/12 …
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Do people who smoke make truly informed choices?
… easier for those who smoke to quit. Associate Minister of Health David Seymour’s claim that people who smoke are “ … 5 First, people must be aware that smoking causes health risks. Given extensive health campaigns warning of smoking’s many harmful effects, …
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The alarms are flashing red: Five reasons to upgrade our Alert Level system before the next Covid-positive traveller visits a major city
… system. In our recent paper in the journal Lancet Regional Health : ‘Expansion of a national Covid-19 alert level system to improve population health and uphold the values of Indigenous peoples’ 1 we … 1. Summary of the proposed revised Alert Levels for future management of the Covid-19 pandemic and other infectious …
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Covid-19 vaccines still protect us: How do we get the best out of them?
… outcomes during pregnancy. NZ could get better public health value from these vaccines by: Continuing to ensure … New Zealand (NZ) and strategies to achieve optimal health benefits from this component of prevention. A future … Comirnaty XBB.1.5 (Pfizer-BioNTech) 20 December 2023. Management of Covid-19 vaccines was transferred to Pharmac …
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Media release: Making the consumer care guidelines for electricity retailers mandatory could save lives
… Dr Kimberley O’Sullivan and He Kāinga Oranga Housing and Health Research Programme at the University of Otago … We need basic standards of care to be followed to protect health and avoid potential fatalities,” says Dr O’Sullivan. In the latest Briefing published by the Public Health Communication Centre , Dr O’Sullivan and colleagues …
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Fighting cold, damp housing – a big tick for Warmer Kiwi programme
… Our Warmer Kiwis Study team worked to determine if the health and wellbeing of people in households improve when … pump installed. The study’s results relate to: people’s health and wellbeing in their homes the homes’ indoor … for low-income families. How heat pumps improve people’s health The housing stock in Aotearoa is well known for being …
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