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Media release: NZ lags behind on indoor ventilation standards: World Ventil8 Day
… are calling for improvements to our Building Code to put health front and centre, and the adoption of indoor air … a review of the Building Code was conducted during the Covid-19 pandemic, there appears to be minimal change to …
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What can Aotearoa NZ learn from Australia’s new vaping policies?
… has seen youth vaping rise. The Australian Minister of Health, Mark Butler, this week responded by announcing new … these proposals do not go far enough . The NZ Ministry of Health will soon release new regulations, but these will be … from adopting these. New Australian measures Australian Health Minister Mark Butler this week announced measures …
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Media release: Poverty and disadvantage fuel NZ’s rising rates of dementia
… rates of dementia. In the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre, researchers reveal the risk of … to dementia. This shows the importance of promoting brain health in early life and midlife, even when the immediate … for effective policies and interventions to address the health inequities associated with poverty and social …
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Highly variable cost-effectiveness with disease characteristics and age: Herceptin as a Case Study
… we just published in the journal PLoS Medicine about the health gains, costs, and cost-effectiveness of Herceptin. It … hard and contentious issues – but talking about money and health in the same breath always is. Most of you will … financial resources in the face of unlimited, competing health demands. Even more challenging given that there are …
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Progress on reducing retail availability of sugary drinks in NZ
… availability of these products which are both harming oral health and fuelling the obesity epidemic. There are good … approach to preventing obesity and protecting oral health would go much further. One part of such an approach … SSBs in NZ include a request in 2015 from the Ministry of Health that public hospitals remove from sale all SSBs. There …
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The rise and rise of specialist vape stores: Time for the Government to act
… little regulatory attention until recently. Many health researchers , schools , communities , parents and … for Government action Given the strong agreement between health researchers, communities, schools, parents, and … to vaping products was particularly important “where the health and financial burden from tobacco is higher (e.g., in …
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Media release: Aotearoa NZ is on the brink of a measles epidemic: Urgent action needed
… an increasing risk of imported cases according to public health experts. In the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre, University of Otago Professor …
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Reducing waiting times for cataract surgery is good value-for-money for falls prevention
… good progress on reducing falls in hospitals through the Health Quality and Safety Commission’s ‘Reducing harm from … wait times for cataract surgery in the NZ public health system, with a total wait time from first appointment … gained in the 65+ age-group (Boyd et al, 2019a). It took a health system perspective and used a discount rate of 3%. …
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Worth its weight: Building insulation in New Zealand
… Building insulation provides comfort and health benefits to occupants, saves energy, enhances energy … from insulation that include providing comfort, protecting health, saving energy, enhancing energy security, and … improving building performance. He suggests that the health benefits of improving insulation in rental housing …
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PHCC monthly Newsletter: September 2024
… last month illustrate several defining features of public health. Not only is there a focus on the health of populations, but also a long-term perspective and a … covering what we know about preventing dementia and Long Covid, actions to improve maternal and infant health, the …
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