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 .
Unhealthy diets are responsible for about one fifth of all preventable ill-health and premature deaths but according to a new report, the Government has made virtually no progress on implementing healthy food policies in the last three years. The report .
HCA will present its petition to double Ka Ora, Ka Ako Healthy School Lunches to Camilla Belich MP at Parliament forecourt, 1pm Thursday 29 June. Students from Ngāti Toa School in Porirua will join HCA Co-Chair, Dr Lisa Te Morenga, in presenting the .
Health Coalition Aotearoa (HCA) welcomes the Government acting on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) as well as the Justice Select Committee’s report on the Community Participation Bill addressing the oversupply of alcohol in under-resourced .
Public health and community leaders are calling for a Government Budget tomorrow that invests in the long-term determinants of health for whānau and saves money in the long-term by preventing disease. Health Coalition Aotearoa Public Health Infrastructure .