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Media release: Free vape kits won’t deliver Smokefree 2025 goal
… to quit smoking, according to new analysis from public health experts. In the latest Public Health Communication Centre Briefing , researchers from the …
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PHCC Newsletter: June 2025
… Read the latest from the Public Health Communication Centre in the June edition of our … concerns about government decisions that overlook health, equity, and sustainability. … PHCC Newsletter: June …
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PHCC Newsletter: April 2025
… Read the latest from the Public Health Communication Centre in the April edition of our newsletter . Protecting health through the organised efforts of society is a strong …
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Resource: Promoting respiratory infection safety in the workplace - A protocol
… now have a new resource. The Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, has developed a … protocol has been developed for the Department of Public Health at the University of Otago Wellington, respiratory …
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Casting a long shadow: Infection drives stomach cancer inequalities in Māori and Pacific peoples
… poor stomach cancer survival. In 2013 the Ministry of Health reported that 80 Māori and 35 Pacific people died from … and the optimal test and treat strategy. Further information is also needed about the changing incidence of H. … be better addressed in New Zealand. It may be time for health authorities to start considering piloting a H. pylori …
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Why are some preventable cancer deaths in Māori and Pacific peoples increasing?
… from National Nutrition Surveys (NNS) and New Zealand Health Surveys (NZHS) use an obesity definition of a BMI of … are largely driven by the social determinants of health, flowing through to risk factors such as tobacco, … modifiable risk factor mediators of ethnic inequalities in health. If NZ policy-makers are concerned about reducing the …
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Highlights of the World Conference on Tobacco or Health
… The 16 th World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCToH) has just been held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab … nicotine addiction in society, and create new long term health hazards. However, there was a glimmer of hope that … on plain packaging Cancer Council Victoria website for information about standardised packaging Authors : Professor …
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Continuing annual tobacco tax increases: New modelling of the likely impact
… and reduce smoking rates – while benefiting population health and generating savings on health care spending (1-3). Within the last decade in NZ, …
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Staying safe from COVID-19 over summer and beyond: The need for more NZ Government action
… [6]. Very effective communication also came from other health officials and politicians eg, Dr Ashley Bloomfield and … resulting in a vigorous, but highly disruptive, public health response. What still needs to be done by the NZ … strategy, Enhance the quality and transparency of science information, Evaluate the response through an official …
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Five Potential Enhancements of Covid-19 Outbreak Control in Aotearoa NZ
… setting nationwide and has expanded mask requirements. The health work force is conducting extensive contact tracing, … tracing more difficult, slower, and less complete for health authorities. Therefore, QR code scanning should be … details. All authors are at the Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington … Five Potential …
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