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Media release: Making the consumer care guidelines for electricity retailers mandatory could save lives
… not covered by basic rules around disconnection and almost a quarter of Medically Dependent Consumers are not … their health. Those earlier guidelines were brought in after the tragic death of Mrs Folole Muliaga in 2007. She … an electrically powered oxygen machine at home and died after the electricity at her home was disconnected due to an …
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Media release: Surge in whooping cough cases highlights need for improved immunisation access for mothers and infants
… immunisations, and this figure drops to less than a third for Māori,” says Dr Turner. Dr Turner says NZ is … pēpi (infants) vulnerable to severe disease, especially if a national epidemic of pertussis occurs. Urgent action is … care. “To counter the barriers, NZ should convene a centrally-governed maternal immunisation system. This …
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Media release: Poverty and disadvantage fuel NZ’s rising rates of dementia
… New research demonstrates that social disadvantage is a factor fuelling Aotearoa New Zealand’s soaring rates of … people with dementia. “ Most risk factors build up across a lifetime. It is their incremental and cumulative damage to … the immediate dementia risk is deemed to be low.” While a lot of the narratives around dementia concentrate on …
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Media release: Why the Smokefree legislation must stay - Laying out the evidence:
… Professor Hoek says NZ's world leading legislation has a strong evidence base that includes national and … specious claim that the smokefree legislation will fuel a black market for cigarettes and tobacco is inconsistent with the evidence. “The coalition partners often talk about freedom of choice, but the Smokefree law …
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Media release: NZ lags behind on indoor ventilation standards: World Ventil8 Day
… air quality monitoring done in NZ buildings which is a problem. “However data our group has collected recently … However the US Centres for Disease Control recommends a lower threshold of 800 ppm. In other countries, such as … is as fundamental to life as access to clean water, is so often overlooked.” says Dr Bennett. … Media release: NZ lags …
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Health system costs in NZ: variation by sex, age & proximity to death
… This blog aims to discuss a study we recently published on NZ health system cost … expenditure by proximity to death. Here we summarise a paper published in the NZ Medical Journal on these … in the population prevalent years lived in disability (a measure of morbidity), which, rather obviously, suggests …
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Public Health Solutions Series: Public policy options to address alcohol-related harm in Aotearoa
… (eg, supermarkets or liquor stores) are from 7am to 11pm, a total of 112 hours per week and we have around 63 outlets … availability. Ideally, this would restrict alcohol sales after 8pm and remove sales on one weekend day as these are … – alcohol marketing bans: The weight of evidence suggests a causal relationship between alcohol marketing and …
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Watch this space – The Public Health Communication Centre launches soon
… before 9 February 2023, you are early to the party. After the launch on that day, you will be able to learn more … Public Health Expert Blog which has run for over a decade.) The Briefing is public health expert commentary … Professor Michael Baker and others. Then we will bring you a six-part launch series on key public health issues this …
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In the news: Call for CO2 monitors for early childhood centres featured
… On 24 April, the New Zealand Health featured a recent Public Health Expert Briefing revealing high levels of CO2 found in a study of early childhood centres (ECEs). As part of a bigger article on the early start to the flu season, Dr …
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Full video: Health Coalition Aotearoa political panel 2023
… over 100 members of the public health sector and media at a political panel on Tuesday, August 8, 2023, in Wellington. … alcohol, tobacco and unhealthy food. The event, including a 45-minute Q & A session was hosted by Radio New Zealand senior broadcaster …
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