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  • The arrival of Candida auris in Aotearoa NZ: risk assessment and actions needed

    … of Candida auris : a pathogen that is difficult to contain in healthcare settings. Since its first detection in 2009, cases of C. auris have become more widespread globally. In this Briefing we evaluate the risk of C. auris to New …
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  • Potential for an avian influenza pandemic: Time for NZ to ramp up preparedness

    … to reduce the risk of influenza emergence and spread in poultry, livestock, wildlife, and humans, along with … pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) with high death rates in chickens and other birds. 1 This is the largest influenza panzootic (a pandemic in animals) of HPAI virus ever documented. An increasing …
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  • Smokefree cars – an important step towards protecting children from the hazards of smoking

    … legislation to protect children from smoking and vaping in cars will come into force. This blog sets out the … next steps to protect children from smoking-related harm in Aotearoa. Secondhand smoke (SHS) is a health hazard for … respiratory conditions such as asthma. 1 2 Smoking in the confined space of a car exposes children involuntarily …
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  • Protecting fresh waterways in Aotearoa/NZ: The strong Public Health case

    … minimising cancer risk and other problems from nitrates in water; (3) avoiding algal blooms that are hazardous to … (7) protecting renewable energy from waterway sediments. In this blog we briefly consider these issues and why health … a submission on this document, we briefly review in this blog the public health case for waterways protection. …
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  • Strengthening Omicron mitigation strategies in Early Childhood Education settings

    … Aotearoa New Zealand is in a major Omicron outbreak. With Covid-19 cases doubling … are there to strengthen the mitigation approaches in early education settings? In this blog we discuss what is … virus in New Zealand children (estimated at a weekly average of 29 per 100,000 children aged 0-4 years). 3 The …
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  • Minimum pricing of alcohol: what does the evidence say?

    … around the setting of minimum prices on alcohol. In this blog we review a paper just published in the Lancet on this approach. We also consider the … Zealand around combining minimum pricing with increases in alcohol excise tax. Professor Jennie Connor, University of …
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  • COVID-19 and the law in Aotearoa NZ

    … Health and emergency laws have played a critical role in this country’s successful elimination of community … COVID-19 has meant that public health law has become real in daily life in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ). But not all of us are quite …
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  • Health co-benefits need to be adequately considered in the Climate Change Commission’s final advice

    … final advice to the Government has been tabled in Parliament. This final report further acknowledged the … potential health co-benefits of climate action presented in the Commission’s draft advice. However, the Commission has … for inflation) are almost three times higher than the average yearly GDP deficits until 2050 (~$1.5 billion per …
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  • Public health response to report on potential risk of nitrate from drinking water

    … MBIE, investigated the relative contributions of nitrate in our diet from water and food. The report comes in response … minor [~10%] contribution of drinking water to the  average  New Zealander’s overall nitrate intake. We believe … made in this report was to assess the risk to the  average New Zealander served by a community water supply. The …
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  • A public health perspective on taxing harmful products

    … a Tax Working Group to consider reforms of the tax system. In this blog we briefly discuss some of the opportunities for … on human well-being, the economy and the environment. In the past, NZ has been smart from a health perspective in … to have resulted in a reported 10% reduction in the average sugar content of energy drinks in the UK – prior to …
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