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The latest news and media from Health Coalition AotearoaFree under-30s dental care fills gap but more needed
Health Coalition Aotearoa (HCA) welcomes Labour’s proposed policy to reduce the burden of dental disease in Aotearoa - but says more preventative action is needed to address the causes of tooth decay. Provision of free dental care for the under-30s, will help correct...
Alcohol bill step in right direction to reduce harm
Health Coalition Aotearoa (HCA) commends the Government's passing of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Community Participation) Amendment Bill yesterday. While there is still much more to be done to reduce alcohol harm in this country, this is a step in the right...
Stronger youth vaping measures welcomed
Health Coalition Aotearoa (HCA) welcomes Labour’s stronger proposed measures to address the serious problem of vaping among our tamariki and rangatahi. Labour’s policy announced today included capping all vape stores to 600 nation-wide, a requirement for all retailers...
Healthy school lunches alleviate hunger, poverty, mana: study
The latest research into the impact of the Ka Ora, Ka Ako – Aotearoa’s free school lunch programme – provides more important evidence of wide benefits including a reduction in food insecurity for students and whānau. University of Auckland research fellow Pippa...
‘We have failed our mokopuna’
Health Coalition Aotearoa (HCA) stands in solidarity with the parents’ movement Vape-Free Kids and their petitions calling on the Government to protect children from vaping addiction. Vape-Free Kids NZ are handing over their petitions to Dr Tracey McLellan, Chair of...
Removing GST from fruit and vegetables not best solution for health equity
Removing GST from fresh and frozen fruit and vegetables as proposed by the Labour Party recognises the crisis in access to healthy food – but is not the most effective solution, Health Coalition Aotearoa says. For low-income whānau, we know that fresh fruit and...
Voices for health: going, going, going…
DownloadVoices for health: going, going, going… Boyd A Swinburn In the latest New Zealand Medical Journal, Health Coalition Aotearoa co-chair Professor Boyd Swinburn laments the erosion of public health advocacy within the reformed health system. He calls on the...
Politicians under spotlight at panel on tobacco, alcohol, unhealthy food and inequity
A political forum on prevention held this week showed a lot more work is needed to achieve a cross-party commitment on measures to reduce harm from alcohol, tobacco, unhealthy food and inequity. Dr Ayesaha Verrall (Labour Party), Shane Reti (National Party) and Chloe...
Big Tobacco’s last ditch campaign – cynical and dangerous
Health Coalition Aotearoa (HCA) says a dangerous and cynical “save our stores” campaign paid for by tobacco companies is designed to undermine legislation which will save thousands of lives. The campaign by British American Tobacco New Zealand and Imperial Brands...
Wero laid down on alcohol, tobacco and junk food
Public health experts have laid down a wero to politicians ahead of the upcoming general election – to reduce the devastating harms from tobacco, alcohol and unhealthy food. These three products cause nearly one-third of all preventable loss in healthy life-years in...
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Health Coalition Aotearoa is supported by its member organisations and academic leaders.
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Email: info@healthcoalition.org.nz