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  • How best to classify and count NZ’s border control failures in the COVID-19 pandemic?

    … Credit is owed to political leadership, science advisors, health workers, iwi [3], and indeed the whole “Team of 5 … have repeatedly shown the importance of effective error management and learning from failures [8]). In light of this … quality improvements (obviously without any identifying information on returnees). Introducing a post-MIQ home …
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  • “Achieving Smokefree Aotearoa by 2025”: a response to critiques

    … goal envisages a society where people no longer suffer the health, social, economic and cultural harms caused by tobacco … is implemented alongside providing complementary information on e-cigarettes (eg, relative harms of … best’ to develop policies that ensure optimal population health outcomes while minimising potential unintended …
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  • Vaping prevalence and trends: key findings in the 2022-23 NZ Health Survey

    … vaping according to the latest data from the New Zealand Health Survey released this month. The increase in recent … created concern among parents, communities, schools, and health workers. This Briefing summarises key findings on … Health Survey (NZHS). A previous Briefing provided similar information on smoking prevalence patterns and trends . About …
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  • COVID-19, Christmas, the New Year and Summer Holidays: What the NZ Government and individuals can do to minimise the risks

    … now the new Omicron variant. Combined with the impacts of health inequities, misinformation, and vaccine hesitancy, … on vaccination and testing, with very few other public health protections, allows many opportunities for the virus … we strongly recommend the following actions to aid the management of the ongoing Delta outbreak in NZ and other …
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  • Media release: Our fourth wave of Covid-19 and why we should care

    … is clearly experiencing a fourth wave of Covid-19 and health authorities should be reminding us about the benefits … help reduce transmission. Professor Baker and other public health experts from the University of Otago look at the … in the latest issue of the Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre . These data indicate there could …
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  • Antiviral stockpiles for pandemic preparedness: Time for a careful rethink?

    … have contributed to some of the favourable features of the health sector response to this 2009 pandemic ( reviewed here … compared to previous ones. Part of the NZ Ministry of Health’s current planning includes stockpiling of antivirals. … This review could address the following issues: What  information besides the new Cochrane systematic review needs …
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  • Ten things we can learn from new smoking and vaping data about progress to Smokefree Aotearoa 2025

    … New NZ Health Survey data show some encouraging recent reductions in … provides a summary of some key points from the 2018-19 NZ Health Survey (NZHS) data as available on the 2018-19 annual … explorer website ( https://minhealthnz.shinyapps.io/nz-health-survey-2018-19-annual-data-explorer/ ). The figures …
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  • E-bikes are the new cars- why don’t transport policy makers treat them seriously?

    … in this blog we outline what we know about the carbon and health impacts of e-bikes. Then we look at policy in this … system. Image supplied by author Are e-bikes good for your health? The evidence we have suggests, on balance, yes. A … in physical activity. We don’t know much about the association between e-biking and specific health outcomes …
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  • Water infrastructure failures from Cyclone Gabrielle show low resilience to climate change

    … Such infrastructure is critical for protecting public health, providing drinking water and treating waste. This … needed for repairs to stormwater infrastructure. 12 Human health and welfare impacts of these disruptions The toll on people’s mental health from storm-fuelled flooding is well-documented and …
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  • Media release: Aotearoa’s smokefree setback offers a warning for countries advancing tobacco control

    … opinion, and expert advice, according to our new Public Health Communication Centre Briefing . In the Briefing, … available evidence, against the advice of the Ministry of Health, and against what most New Zealanders want, says Prof … tobacco industry-style arguments can derail bold public health action.” The analysis published in the BMJ journal …
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