Pharmacist prescribers Linda Bryant and Leanne Te Karu discuss positive polypharmacy for heart failure. Current evidence shows the intensive implementation of four medications offers the greatest benefit to most patients with heart failure, with significant reductions in cardiovascular mortality, heart failure hospitalisations and all-cause mortality
Public Health Solutions Series: Public policy options to address alcohol-related harm in Aotearoa
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Public Health Solutions Series: Public policy options to address alcohol-related harm in Aotearoa
Tuesday 16 August 2022, 04:25 PM

This Public Health Expert blog, written by Tim Chambers and Anja Mizdrak, is republished with permission of the University of Otago
This blog is part of the Public Health Solutions series looking at effective public health measures to reduce demand on healthcare quickly. This blog looks at solutions to reducing alcohol-related harm through policies on alcohol tax, availability and marketing
One in 20 deaths in Aotearoa are attributable to alcohol consumption, disproportionately borne by low-income communities and Māori. Alcohol consumptio