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Obesity at last on Government agenda, but will Healthy Families NZ be good enough ?
… So what is HTV? It is a state-wide, systems-oriented, long-term, locally-implemented initiative which is Victoria’s … five main reasons. First, its vision is large-scale and long term with a view to converting it into a true … creating . Its proof of principle came from several long-term community initiatives which I led in the 2000s in …
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Covid-19 Hospitalisations Now Peaking in Aotearoa NZ – But Key Covid-19 Control Measures Still Need to be Maintained
… which in turn minimises suffering from illness, deaths and long-term health effects (eg, from long Covid in adults and in children) . Keeping cases low … and then increase again as a second wave. The medium to long term trajectory of the pandemic is highly uncertain. The …
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The Two-Faced Tobacco Industry: Transformation and Cigarillos
… companies with extreme suspicion. Tobacco companies have long held the dubious distinction of belonging to one of the … and practices cause. Following judgments that they had long known their products were harmful and often fatal, and … Leaf confirms concerns the public health community has long held and provides further evidence, if any were needed, …
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Robust vaccine surveillance shows safety – we need to communicate this better
… in preventing both acute Covid-19 infection and Long Covid. Profiling the safety of vaccines and identifying … infection, hospitalisation, severe disease, mortality, long Covid, and in pregnancy. Requirements for NZ to sustain … and the resident population in England aged ≥5 years. 18 Long Covid Current studies on >600,000 people support …
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Slight drop in youth vaping but stark ethnic disparities remain
… More action is needed to address youth vaping and its long-term impacts. Nicotine vaping may help people to stop … than one in five Māori, Aotearoa New Zealand still has a long way to go to protect young people from nicotine … Stronger measures to protect young people are welcome and long overdue, but they offer little to young people who are …
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Tobacco product innovation in a smokefree world. Oxymoron or commercial cynicism?
… appeal. This product innovation strategy confirms long-held doubts about the sincerity of tobacco companies’ …
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In the news: The cancer-causing dangers in our workplaces
… workplace health and safety system, to better monitor the long-term consequences of exposure to cancer-causing agents … exposures to carcinogens – they need better protection and long-term health monitoring on 29 June. … In the news: The …
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In the news: Where do the parties stand? Long-term thinking & catastrophic risks
… party policies to strengthen the country's resilience to long-term global risks. Professor Wilson has analysed the … about it in his Briefing Where do the parties stand? Long-term thinking & catastrophic risks . Professor Wilson … by b95FM . … In the news: Where do the parties stand? Long-term thinking & catastrophic risks …
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The Crisis in youth mental health: what can be done?
… positioning mental health based programs and policies as long-term cross-party initiatives. Meaningful actions which … the sources of declining wellbeing are essential for long-term change. Therefore, we recommend prioritising …
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COVID-19 in Aotearoa: what does public health do now?
… in case and contact management for Auckland cases. How long COVID-19 can be kept out of further regions is unclear, … becoming seriously unwell from their life-threatening long-term conditions, presenting to hospital later or not at … do we offer opportunistic screening/assessment for other long-term conditions when we are in contact with communities …
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