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  • Beautiful benchtops: How should we protect our workers?

    … Summary  Exposure to respirable crystalline silica (RCS) occurs when workers … for feedback on a range of options to control the risks from engineered stone. A ban on engineered stone slabs is … Service. Compensation for Disease We also need a review of how workers are compensated when regulations, legislation and …
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  • Can we manage dual use of smoking and vaping more effectively?

    … Although most smokers want to quit, many of those who begin vaping continue to smoke. We … means smokers continue to face serious health risks from coronary heart disease and stroke, even if they manage … due to feelings of embarrassment over their ENDS use. How can full transition to vaping be supported in NZ? Our …
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  • How to Systematically Reduce the Border Failure Risk for COVID-19 in Aotearoa/NZ

    … time for a systematic review by NZ health authorities to identify optimal methods for reducing the risk of future … Enhanced provision for hand hygiene and revisions to how meals/drinks are distributed could also contribute to … proportion of occupants are infectious during their stay, with a consequent risk of high environmental …
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  • Improving our pandemic preparedness: Counterfactuals and continuous quality improvement

    … into the Covid-19 pandemic is asking New Zealanders to comment on how pandemics should be responded to in future. One approach … in all facets of our response. 10 Lockdowns Lockdowns (‘stay at home orders’) were used in NZ and other countries …
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  • Increasing whooping cough cases put pēpi at risk. What can be done about it?

    … cases. Unimmunised pēpi (infants) are the most vulnerable to severe illness and death.  We recommend two key priority areas to reduce the impact of severe pertussis in our communities. … disease. 4  Tragically, in 2023 three very young pēpi died from pertussis in NZ, 5 despite low rates of recognised …
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  • The rise and rise of specialist vape stores: Time for the Government to act

    … Industry Association of New Zealand (VIANZ) responded to our concerns, though reporting of the VIANZ’s comments and … regrets its past actions and now aims to protect rangatahi from exposure to vaping products. VIANZ noted “the … easy for young people to begin vaping. We can understand how vaping uptake among young people has occurred by …
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  • Smokefree Aotearoa – world-leading developments with profound public health implications

    … Smokefree Aotearoa Action Plan which included a commitment to Māori engagement, addressing inequities, and implementing … and opportunities . In response to a recommendation from the Māori Affairs Select Committee of the New Zealand … of smoked tobacco products, including investigating how to best ‘restrict’ filters to minimise their impact on …
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  • Robust vaccine surveillance shows safety – we need to communicate this better

    … Summary  Vaccines have to meet high effectiveness and safety standards before they … post-marketing pharmacovigilance.  For example, data from NZ and overseas show that the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 mRNA vaccine is very safe. After billions of doses, the most serious adverse …
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  • COVID-19 in Aotearoa: what does public health do now?

    … have collectively made an incredible contribution to minimising the impact of COVID-19 in Aotearoa. But the … pandemic, the challenge now is to be bold and clear about how we prioritise our public health resources and effort … health needs? How do we ensure people with COVID-19 are safe at home? How do we transition from a clinical public …
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  • Clean ups are not enough: Government policy incoherent on climate change

    … is known about our changing climate, it is important not to simply try to maintain or return to what was. Instead, we … in the aftermath of the most recent storm, “I don’t know how we’re going to get through this one, to be honest. We are … modelling suggests that risks for dengue and malaria will stay low. 36,37 However, arboviruses like Ross River virus …
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