What could we do, and what should we not do, to improve public health? This Blog has postings from public health experts on issues such as efficiency, equity, interventions, politics, cost effectiveness and much more.
Friday, July 23rd, 2021 | carra86p | 2 Comments
Dr Matt Boyd, Syndicated from Adapt Research In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, everybody now knows that: Warnings about pandemic disease had been touted for decades Myriad organisations had called for increased health security funding The world ignored all … Continue reading
Monday, June 21st, 2021 | carra86p | 1 Comment
Tim Chambers, Simon Hales, Jude Ball, Michael Baker, Cristina Cleghorn, Nick Wilson (*Author details) The Climate Change Commission’s final advice to the Government has been tabled in Parliament. This final report further acknowledged the potential health co-benefits of climate action … Continue reading
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2020 | Nick Wilson | 2 Comments
George Thomson*, Nick Wilson, Janet Hoek, Andrew Waa, Richard Edwards In this time of Covid-19, helping people who smoke to quit their addiction has an even greater importance. Smokers are more vulnerable to many harmful health effects, including severe effects … Continue reading
Thursday, June 11th, 2020 | tedla55p | 4 Comments
Prof Nick Wilson, Dr Jennifer Summers, A/Prof George Thomson, Dr Amanda Kvalsvig, Dr Matt Boyd, Prof Michael Baker Here we present five key reasons for why the NZ Government should establish an official inquiry into the COVID-19 pandemic response. Such … Continue reading
Monday, November 11th, 2019 | tedla55p | No Comments
Dr Matt Boyd, Prof Michael Baker, Prof Nick Wilson The Global Health Security Index which considers pandemic threats has just been published. Unfortunately NZ scores approximately half marks (54/100), coming in 35th in the world rankings – far behind Australia. … Continue reading