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Alcohol-related harms now available on demand
… Summary Alcohol is one of the major causes of health loss in Aotearoa NZ. It is now available at … this easy access may contribute to. It also describes some of the regulatory reforms to alcohol legislation that the NZ …
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Can we manage dual use of smoking and vaping more effectively?
… Although most smokers want to quit, many of those who begin vaping continue to smoke. We recently … probed this perplexing ambiguity and explored dual use of cigarettes and electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) … fact they smoke [2, 3] and each year, around two thirds of New Zealand smokers make at least one quit attempt lasting …
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Casting a long shadow: Infection drives stomach cancer inequalities in Māori and Pacific peoples
… from the bacteria Helicobacter pylori is the major driver of stomach cancer inequalities borne by Māori and Pacific … Māori and Pacific people have 3 to 6 times the rates of stomach cancer as NZ Europeans. These are some of the starkest relative inequalities between ethnic groups …
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Health system costs in NZ: variation by sex, age & proximity to death
… Such work is only possible due to extraordinary richness of routine NZ data. We highlight four findings. First, costs … is much less variability by age for costs in the last year of life – indeed, the ‘costs of dying’ peak at about 60 years of age, then fall …
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More evidence that elimination is the best COVID-19 control strategy for health and the economy
… be really certain about the relative benefits and costs of different COVID-19 control strategies. The likely health and economic benefits of using an elimination strategy (as NZ has done), relative … strategies have previously been reported on by some of us in a blog [1] and in the British Medical Journal [2]. …
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Urgent action needed to help eliminate cervical cancer in Aotearoa
… Elimination is possible because almost all cases of cervical cancer are caused by the human papillomavirus … HPV vaccination, HPV primary screening and treatment of abnormal cervical cell changes. If all women and people … cancer will be eliminated in NZ within the lifetime of today’s children. NGOs, researchers and the public are …
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Improving the health of our children: Project Energize bang for the health $
… case and evidence f or Project Energize]. The highlight of the 2014 Budget for children was $90 million to make GP … We also need to have evaluations to show that this type of investment is working – accountability for the money that … District Health Board (DHB) and delivered by a team of Energizers with Sport Waikato. The programme covers …
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Global survey shows New Zealanders value science highly, prioritise public health
… including public health challenges. The high level of trust reported globally should not be taken for granted. … to demonstrate trustworthiness. Five years since the start of the COVID pandemic, it can feel as if trust in the … in science. There is a very real need for scepticism, criticism and scrutiny of science. But governments need …
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Young New Zealanders want a tobacco-free future - new research
… Aotearoa’s world-leading smokefree law flies in the face of public opinion, with new research demonstrating strong … conducted in Aotearoa in August-September 2023. A storm of protest has erupted following the announcement that … world-leading smokefree laws are set to be axed as part of the coalition agreement between National, ACT and New …
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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 … and politicians – we have avoided the explosive beginning of a COVID-19 epidemic that most other countries are now … the ditch – we are advantaged by being at the bottom of the world with a slightly longer time to respond. Without …
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