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  • Vaping prevalence and trends: key findings in the 2022-23 NZ Health Survey

    … Zealand Health Survey released this month. The increase in recent years was particularly marked among younger age groups, Māori and Pacific peoples, and people living in the most deprived neighbourhoods. The findings suggest … of vaping products (see Appendix ) recent rapid increases in vaping prevalence among adolescents and young people have …
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  • Long COVID: Century-old Lessons We Still Have Not Learned

    … list of possible measures available. As Spinney noted in 2017 in her excellent coverage of the history of the pandemic that … years 14 . Wulf Hanson and colleagues concluded that the average level of disability among long COVID cases (the ratio …
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  • Hearing loss & social isolation – the silent burden

    … and anxiety. Māori are at risk of greater unmet needs in hearing health care in Aotearoa New Zealand, which can contribute to greater … This blog argues that significant changes are needed in order to increase access to hearing healthcare and to …
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  • Covid-19 is finishing the year on a high: We need a vigorous coordinated response

    … Summary Covid-19 is causing a large fifth pandemic wave in November-December 2023, as indicated by results of … approximately 1,000 deaths and 12,000 hospitalisations, in addition to those affected in previous years. There will … wastewater detections (weekly) and new cases in NZ (7-day average),  from 01 Jan to 10 Dec 2023. Sources: ESR, 1 MoH 2 …
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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 … of the pandemic. We find that NZ experienced an increase in life expectancy, decreased winter mortality, and net … NZ’s most up-to-date overall life expectancy at birth (average length of life) figures for NZ for 2017-2019 has …
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  • Severe weather events linked to outbreaks of crypto in Aotearoa – New study

    … Summary In this Briefing we summarise findings from  our recent study … clusters of the gastrointestinal disease cryptosporidiosis in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ). We found statistical evidence … median = 10).  Comparison to severe weather events The average incubation period for  cryptosporidiosis is around …
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  • Illicit tobacco trade and the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Goal: Arguments and evidence

    … tobacco trade. We examine the extent of the problem in NZ, consider how proposals in the Action Plan could affect the illicit tobacco trade in NZ, and discuss ways of mitigating any potential problems. …
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  • Potential health co-benefits from eradicating rats, stoats and possums in NZ towns and cities

    … of some introduced pests such as rats, stoats and possums in New Zealand, seems increasingly feasible with a new … pest eradication on many of NZ’s offshore islands and in “mainland islands” (2). Within Wellington City there has … and rats can deplete and spoil food in houses. Rodents average 50 droppings per day (19) and faecal contamination of …
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  • Slight drop in youth vaping but stark ethnic disparities remain

    … Summary This Briefing updates youth vaping trends in Aotearoa New Zealand. Although the prevalence of youth … young people, the vast majority of whom do not smoke. In previous Briefings 2 we highlighted that most teens who … vape have never smoked regularly, a finding also reflected in results from the ITC Youth and Young Adult Tobacco and …
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  • Where do the parties stand? Taxes to protect health and reduce inequity

    … the tax/welfare system fairer for those on low-incomes in certain aspects, only the Greens and Te Pāti Māori would … the environment. The Election 2023 Public Health Survey In the lead up to the 2023 General Election, the Public … plan. Our threshold adjustments will mean someone on an average wage will keep around $960 more a year. If we can …
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