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  • ACC turns 50: A more modern approach to injury prevention needed

    … direction would be a worthy advance to celebrate 50 years of serving Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ). The Accident … The blueprint for this scheme was the Woodhouse Report of 1967 which had set out clear principles, addressing both … everyone in the community benefits from the contributions of individuals through work, recreation, and volunteer …
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  • Media release: New Zealand urged to boost pandemic preparedness as bird flu spreads in US cattle

    … threat posed by the Influenza A(H5N1) virus. This strain of what is commonly known as ‘bird flu’ has sparked concerns … transmission, its ability to infect a broader range of animals raises alarms for potential future mutations. This development underscores the urgent need for New Zealand to …
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  • Do Aotearoa’s new vaping regulations go far enough?

    … vapes, and recognise these devices have become the product of choice among rangatahi. The regulations also introduce … Year 10 survey conducted by ASH(NZ) in 2022 found 10% of the 14 to 15 year olds reported vaping every day; among … 22% vaped daily. Five years ago, less than two percent of respondents reported vaping every day (data were not …
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  • Ethnic inequalities in mortality in NZ and how to reduce them further

    … Other recent research highlights the overall importance of inequalities to health, with a meta-analysis reporting … rates in NZ over 30 years. We used cohort studies of the entire NZ population using probabilistically-linked … data from 1981 to 2011 (68.9 million person years of follow-up). All-cause mortality rates were highest for …
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  • A call for smart food policies to create an ‘appetite for health’

    … for health’. In this blog, we discuss what a new network of university researchers and NGOs are developing to get us on the road to implementation of smart food policies in New Zealand and internationally. If … and resources, platforms for interaction, workforce development, health-in-all-policies) to strengthen systems to …
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  • Local elections and public health: A critical connection

    … infrastructure. Councils directly influence the well-being of communities every day, despite recent central government … New Zealanders need to consider the health impacts of council decisions and scrutinise candidates’ policies and … councils in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) shape many aspects of daily life which have a direct bearing health and …
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  • Proposals to reduce youth vaping: Important steps but a more comprehensive approach needed

    … As part  of the consultation process  to denicotinise cigarettes and reduce the number of stores selling tobacco, Associate Minister of Health Dr … young people. 7  Alongside changes in device design, the development of nicotine salts has enabled e-liquids to …
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  • A pandemic that won’t go away – as Covid enters its 5th year, NZ needs a realistic strategy

    … accordingly. Evolving variants are driving ongoing waves of infection, prolonging the pandemic's impact. It remains a leading cause of hospitalisation and death, particularly in older … with influenza and other respiratory infections. The core of this strategy is high vaccine coverage, testing and …
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  • A kinder way to deliver penicillin for rheumatic fever: Shouldn’t children have this choice?

    … injections.  A new approach - SubCutaneous Injection of Penicillin (SCIP) - offers patients with acute rheumatic … choose it? This Briefing describes SubCutaneous Injection of Penicillin (SCIP) which offers many advantages over monthly injections of benzathine penicillin G  which is the current prophylaxis …
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  • Consumer Care Guidelines for electricity retailers must be mandatory

    … Housing and Health Research Programme at the University of Otago Wellington, we are urging the Electricity Authority … mandatory to protect health. A new report shows up to 55% of residential consumers are not protected by the Guidelines on disconnection. Critically, almost a quarter of Medically Dependent Consumers who rely on electricity at …
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