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  • Media release: Councils encouraged to curb alcohol availability in new policy environment

    … availability and the associated harms, according to public health experts. In a Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre, Health Coalition Aotearoa …
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  • PHCC monthly newsletter: November 2024

    … Read the latest from the Public Health Communication Centre in our November newsletter . This … The Briefings present evidence of the benefits from a public health approach based on improving wider social …
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  • News: Fears NZ on track to fall well short of Smokefree 2025 goal

    … smoking rates continue to flatline as revealed by the NZ Health Survey data.  Prof Edwards was responding questions … trends: Important findings from the 2023-24 New Zealand Health Survey . He also spoke to Newstalk ZB on the smoking … prevalence and trends: Important findings from 2023-24 NZ Health Survey . The data show vaping prevalence is …
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  • PHCC monthly newsletter: December 2024

    … Read the latest from the Public Health Communication Centre in our December newsletter . We … that the report comes at a time of major staff cuts in public health.  Other Briefings look at National Health
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  • PHCC Newsletter Dec 2024-Feb-2025

    … our two year anniversary edition.   In Communicating public health evidence: Two highly productive years for the PHCC , … and policy formulation with a strong focus on emerging health threats such as epidemics, as well as policy debates …
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  • In the news: Public health experts and the food industry call on govt to fund health survey

    Public health and food industry experts are calling on the … understand New Zealanders eating habits and to help shape public policy.  Cliona Ni Mhurchu,  a professor of population … by Newstalk ZB and Mediaworks. … In the news: Public health experts and the food industry call on govt to fund …
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  • PHCC Newsletter: March 2025

    … Read the latest from the Public Health Communication Centre in the March edition of our … . Five years on from the arrival of Covid-19 in Aotearoa, public health experts emphasise the continued need for a …
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  • Can earthquakes be good for public health?

    … be the potential long-term benefits of earthquakes for public health. So here are a few examples relating to urban design … shaky centre of New Zealand. … Can earthquakes be good for public health? …
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  • BODE3 Interactive League Table – how to use it

    … We walk through how to pull down tables and graphs of health gain (quality-adjusted life-years; QALYs), health system costs and cost effectiveness for 50+ … is preferred, but if you prefer to not make your feedback public please email directly bode3@otago.ac.nz . …
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  • A 100 years ago today a death ship from NZ arrived in Samoa: A reminder of NZ’s responsibilities to its South Pacific neighbours

    … people on board and the Talune was given a clean “bill of health”. The results of the subsequent pandemic spread were … regional role model by having a state-of-the-art pandemic plan. The current NZ pandemic plan does have many high … pandemics in this region, along with wider improvements to public health and health services. … A 100 years ago today a …
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