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  • The rising influence of big business on policymaking: What it means for public health in NZ

    … Summary The World Health Organization recently released a report on social determinants of health equity that outlined the increasingly powerful … for more work to analyse and manage the negative impacts of commercial interests on policymaking and health, while …
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  • More courage needed from our political parties—reviewing our election series

    … where political parties stand on issues that impact the health and wellbeing of our population. In this article we review our “Where do … Author details Prof Michael Baker , Adele Broadbent ,  Dr John Kerr , Marnie Prickett , Prof Simon Hales , and  Prof …
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  • Reducing the health burden from contaminated drinking water in NZ: Opportunities arising from the new Water Services Bill

    … Increasing water-related health threats, notably the waterborne campylobacter outbreak … We also detail how addressing the upstream determinants of water-related disease burden is a far better approach than … The COVID-19 experience also raises the benefits of consolidating NZ’s public health organisations into a …
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  • Australia’s Quarantine Systems Failures: Lessons for NZ

    … states have successfully eliminated community transmission of COVID-19, albeit with occasional outbreaks from imported … We defined a quarantine system failure as where a border/health worker or person in the community with a link to the … supply leaking from the adjoining rooms. 41 Chief Health Officer Andy Robertson had recommended that the Mercure Hotel …
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  • Avoidable hospitalisations: Helping our health system get through COVID-19

    … it is possible that New Zealand can use intense public health controls to eradicate COVID-19 from the country – we must also plan for other scenarios where thousands of New Zealanders are sick – including many urgently … significant and valuable differences for hospital staff, medical centres and patients. Even with reduced private road …
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  • The health impacts of the First World War for NZ: A Review

    … published article on the mortality and morbidity impacts of the First World War on the NZ population. While much is known about the large health burden of this conflict (especially for the direct … is unlikely to include minor wounds that did not require medical attention. Non-fatal illnesses Not fully quantified …
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  • Will the Health Star Rating labels improve people’s diets?

    … labelling is one tool to help control the epidemics of obesity and diabetes. Everyone agrees that on its own, the … labels have been fiercely contested by industry and health stakeholders – until now, it seems. Is the new Health … for their decision: But the president of the Australian Medical Association, Steve Hambleton, said he could not …
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  • Has the time come for a register of AI systems used by government agencies?

    … building trust, assessing bias, and determining the level of human oversight needed. We encourage the NZ Government to … idea in the recent  AI-in-healthcare report is that medical AI systems operating in NZ should be publicly … of Auckland and Public Health Physician, Te Whatu Ora Dr John Kerr , Science Lead, Public Health Communication Centre, …
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  • The case for a NZ-Australia Pandemic Cooperation Agreement

    … on pandemic cooperation could be the starting point of such a regional approach. Potential benefits include: … nations could maximise their capacity to best protect the health and wellbeing of their populations from future … Health, Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka | University of Otago Prof John D Potter , Centre of Public Health Research, Massey …
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  • Mortality declines in Aotearoa NZ during the first two years of the Covid-19 pandemic

    … In this blog we review the impact of Aotearoa NZ’s Covid-19 response strategies on mortality … to other nations. For example, as of 19 February 2022 John Hopkins University reports NZ as having a Covid-19 … study by Islam et al published in late 2021 in the British Medical Journal evaluated the effects of the Covid-19 …
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