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News and Updates


12 December

Re-thinking urban environments and health
Rethinking urban environments and health is a set of five thinkpieces commissioned by the Public Health Advisory Committee (PHAC) that provide insights into the links between urban environments and health that are not necessarily reflected in the academic literature. The document provides value by stimulating ideas related to a range of topics including transport and mobility, sustainability, health and wellbeing and Māori connections to urban environments.

21 October

NHC advice to the Minister of Health on xenotransplantation application by Living Cell Technonlogies
Following the media statement by the Minister of Health to conditionally approve a clinical trial for eight diabetes sufferers by the company Living Cell Technologies Ltd (LCT), the National Health Committee has published a copy of its advice to the Minister.

11 August

Summary of proceedings from Prisoners Health Workshop
A summary of proceedings of a workshop entitled What would a health promoting New Zealand prison system look like?

Review of Research on the Effects of Imprisonment on the Health of Inmates and their Families
A growing and changing prison population has renewed interest in the effects of incarceration on the health of prisoners in many countries

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Page last updated: 12 December 2008

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