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  • Taxes on fizzy drinks in NZ: preventing premature deaths and raising funds for health

    … marketing and price (i.e. taxes and subsidies) will be some of the most effective interventions to address … that finds that about 67 premature deaths a year might be prevented by a 20% tax on fizzy drinks. And that there might be up to $40 million of revenue raised by such a tax.  (Also …
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  • Engaging online simulator of measles outbreaks (& how NZ needs to do better in eliminating measles)

    … Then we take the opportunity to explain why NZ should be doing more to wipe out diseases like measles. Source: The … even see that sometimes a community with 80% coverage will be protected when a community at 90% will not – that’s the effect of chance. For a community to be really safe from a measles outbreak it pays to have a very …
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  • Robust vaccine surveillance shows safety – we need to communicate this better

    … capacity is a valuable resource that needs to be maintained along with its ability for rapid expansion in … confidence in vaccines, NZ health agencies need to be far more active in communicating the high capability and … vaccines have been a major reason some people hesitate to be vaccinated. Sometimes perceptions about safety are based …
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  • NZ should prepare for a potentially severe global coronavirus pandemic

    … the threat posed by this new coronavirus. It appears to be highly transmissible and is spreading rapidly in China … the exact risk for people currently infected will not be known for weeks to months because of uncertainties in both … and denominator (those infected, including some who may be asymptomatic). Of particular relevance to NZ is its …
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  • Where do the parties stand? Addressing Māori health inequity

    … to the Public Health Communication Centre survey need to be seen in the context of the legislation, the Pae Ora … legislation, recommended system-level changes that would be sustainable, lead to better and more equitable outcomes … the Minister, the Ministry and all health entities to be guided by the health sector principles, which among, other …
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  • Daily nicotine use increases among youth in Aotearoa NZ: The 2021 Snapshot Y10 Survey

    … Māori. We explain why rising vaping prevalence should be of concern and may warrant additional regulatory measures. … and non-Māori/non-Pacific remain and must continue to be addressed. Daily smoking prevalence among Y10 Pacific … thus minimising daily vaping among young people should be an important priority.[3] In 2018, 1.8% of survey …
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  • The Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Bill – a chance to submit on pivotal legislation for health in Aotearoa

    … The Bill introduces major structural changes and will be associated with a suite of new health planning and … is intended to drive improvement in hauora Māori. It will be an independent statutory entity and will co-commission and … Agency as well as District Health Boards (DHBs).  HNZ will be a new Crown agent for operations, planning, and health …
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  • Five Potential Enhancements of Covid-19 Outbreak Control in Aotearoa NZ

    … programme has restarted and is fortunately now to be expanded to include 12-15 year olds. Nevertheless, many … our capacity to respond to further outbreaks, which will be critical to sustaining our elimination status [1] in the … to allow region-specific Alert Levels. It is important to be able to target the use of higher Alert Levels to …
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  • Tobacco industry interference: Is the new Government meeting its international obligations?

    … and specifies any engagement with tobacco companies must be recorded and open to public scrutiny. The tobacco … regulatory purposes, and states that all interactions must be documented and transparent, 10 an obligation the Ministry … enough and seeded carefully , these claims may come to be accepted even when they are inconsistent with robust, …
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  • Should NZ spend relatively more health resources on improving men’s health?

    … priority. Nevertheless, gender inequalities may also be worth some consideration given that NZ men have lower life … and unfair .” So while some gender differences will be substantially the result of non-modifiable biological … is probably desirable at a societal level. This could be helped by differentially raising male life expectancy. It …
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