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  • How to best prioritise Covid-19 Vaccination in Aotearoa/New Zealand

    … speaking there are two benefits to vaccination; protection of the individual and protection of the community (by reducing the risk of transmission and of reducing the risk of outbreaks that …
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  • New Zealand’s hard-won improvements to our Building Code must be retained: Here’s why

    … that the Government is  considering reducing the thickness of insulation required in new homes . This would mean rolling … has been geared around the new standards, but the cost of a rollback would not just affect industry, it will impact … and Building Minister Chris Penk has asked the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) to  work …
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  • Increasing whooping cough cases put pēpi at risk. What can be done about it?

    … We recommend two key priority areas to reduce the impact of severe pertussis in our communities. Firstly, ensure … options once symptoms have developed. Around half of pēpi (infants) who are notified to ESR with pertussis under the age of 12 months are hospitalised. 1 2 Unimmunised pēpi  are the …
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  • The allure of a Virtual Supermarket for public health nutrition research

    … The Virtual Supermarket is a 3D computer model of a real supermarket that we started developing some years … and goes back to one of the fundamentals of economic theory – if you increase the price of a good, demand will … through the University of Auckland Faculty Research & Development Fund for this study. Thanks also to Professor …
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  • Being Bolder – Public Health Endgames for NZ

    … At the Public Health Congress in Auckland last week, one of us presented on potential public health endgames – partly … this country could be bolder about tackling.    Examples of successful endgames internationally Thus far, only two … disease once threatening the livelihood and food security of millions of people in the Middle East, Africa and Asia). …
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  • Health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 response: NZ compared to OECD countries

    … and -6.3% for the OECD. Nevertheless, a fuller accounting of health, economic and equity impacts probably needs to wait … population is protected by vaccination. As with a number of other jurisdictions in the East Asia and Pacific region, … 1 2 In this blog we aim to provide an updated description of the health and economic impacts of the NZ approach to …
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  • What can we learn from Healthy Housing Initiatives? New evidence from the Wellington Well Homes scheme

    … Healthy Housing Initiatives intervene to improve the homes of kids who are hospitalised for illnesses that could be … and health, and explore views about the effectiveness of these Ministry of Health-funded programmes. There is overwhelming evidence …
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  • Retailing of vaping products – New NZ Research

    … Members of the public health community hold divergent views on how … we probe concerns about allowing widespread availability of ENDS and related products. We first draw on related … our recently published study that questions the wisdom of allowing ENDS to be sold by non-specialist retailers. …
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  • Faster mortality decline – slower population ageing. How could this be?

    …   SNZ predictions of number of New Zealanders aged 65 plus Have you sat in a meeting … someone is invoking the aging population as a harbringer of doom and gloom due to the tsunami of older people with …
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  • Cycling and walking in six NZ cities: Where are we at?

    … main findings. Walking and cycling for transport, instead of using cars, is a sustainable (lower carbon emissions), egalitarian and, mostly, fun way of getting around. Many cities with high levels of cycling …
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