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PHCC monthly Newsletter: August 2024
… the Government's unprecedented move of slashing excise tax on a tobacco product in the form of heated tobacco products. … Authors have also explored how politicians have voted on smokefree legislation over the last 20 years. Other …
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In the news: Causes of baby death during pregnancy and after examined in perinatal death report
… The New Zealand Herald followed up on the findings of the annual Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee (PMMRC) report and the Briefing, Aotearoa’s perinatal and maternal death rates remain inequitable and unjust , on 23 August. Dr Rose Elder, who is the Subject Matter Expert …
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In the news: NZ, Australia can improve vaccine access by cooperating on future pandemics - experts
… Prof Nick Wilson teases out what that might look like on RNZ's Morning Report on 4 November . The interview was in response to our Briefing …
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PHCC monthly newsletter: December 2024
… We highlight the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Covid-19 Report, released on 28 November, which provides a well-considered ‘road map’ … Other Briefings look at National Health Survey data on smoking and vaping, explore what can be done eliminate …
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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 government to urgently fund a new National Nutrition … nutrition at the University of Auckland, told RNZ's Midday Report on 19 February that the survey would be a small but vital …
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In the news: Over 53K people living in rural areas at highest risk of campylobacteriosis - especially children
… from the University of Otago was interviewed by RNZ on 16 April about her Briefing Unsafe waters: The hidden … infection risk in rural New Zealand . RNZ reports on the new study, which has found rates of bacterial … are twice as likely for people living in rural areas on private water supplies than for their urban counterparts …
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Study of NZ fruit & vegetable prices suggests markets best value-for-money
… article in PLOS ONE . In this blog post we elaborate on some of the details, including the finding that prices … 3120 prices during early 2013, with our method focused on identifying the lowest available prices. We found that … oranges, broccoli, cabbage, carrots and tomatoes were on average significantly cheaper at fruit and vegetable …
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Implementing healthy food environment policies in Aotearoa
… in Aotearoa NZ . It looks at progress by the Government on food environment policies and infrastructure support and … evidence of current implementation in NZ for policies on food environments and infrastructure support by … Experts were asked to consider the impacts of the actions on health, environmental sustainability, national and local …
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Death rates dropping – it is a good time to be alive
… at some data just released by the Ministry of Health on trends since 1945 in cause-specific mortality. Alistair … this year. Here they blog about recent Ministry data on falling mortality rates The graph below shows … this is due to a mix of changing incidence ( remainder of report can be found here ) (prevention) and improving …
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Media release: Free vape kits won’t deliver Smokefree 2025 goal
… distribute free vape ‘starter’ kits will help fewer than 500 people to quit smoking, according to new analysis from … the country. Research Fellow Calvin Cochran says even under the most optimistic assumptions, the policy will … smoking long-term as a result of the programme, depending on quit and relapse rates. And some of these people may have …
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