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Do tax waivers reduce prices and increase imports of healthy foods? Interrupted time-series analyses from Tonga [PDF]

BMJ Public Health
Introduction It is unclear whether tax waivers are a useful public health intervention for lowering food prices and improving nutrition, or whether fiscal gains go largely to importers, wholesalers and retailers.
Nick Wilson, Andrea Teng, Alice Hyun Min Kim, Viliami Puloka, Selai Tukunga, Faleola Mafi, Karen Fukofuka   +6 more
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Developing Community‐Informed Communication Resources to Improve Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Uptake in Tonga [PDF]

Health Expectations
Introduction Despite high coverage of routine childhood vaccines, uptake of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in the Pacific Island nation of Tonga has been slow.
Yasmin Mohamed, Emma Luey, ‘Ungatea Kata, Isabella Overmars, Ofakiokalani Tukia, Jane Frawley, Afu Tei, Susana Lotulelei, ‘Asinate Toluta'u, Meleane Lomu, Luisa Vodonaivalu, Julie Leask, Holly Seale, Kylie Jenkins, Reynold ‘Ofanoa, Kshitij Joshi, Halitesh Datt, Sonya Sagan, Michelle Dynes, Margie Danchin, Jessica Kaufman   +20 more
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Large Amounts of Water Vapor Were Injected into the Stratosphere by the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha’apai Volcano Eruption

Atmosphere, 2022
The Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha’apai (Tonga) injected only small amount of SO2 into the stratosphere, while our analyses of the Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) measurements show that a massive amount of water vapor was directly injected into the stratosphere by ...
Dan Li, Mengchu Tao, Jianchun Bian
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Tonga national emergency medical team response to the 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcanic eruption and tsunami: the first deployment of the Tonga Emergency Medical Assistance Team (TEMAT)

Western Pacific Surveillance and Response, 2023
Problem: The undersea Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted on 15 January 2022, causing a tsunami that affected Tonga as well as other countries around the Pacific rim.
Siosifa Sifa, Sela Ki Folau Fusi, Sean T Casey, Penisimani Poloniati, Kaloafu Tavo, Yutaro Setoya, 'Ana 'Akauola   +6 more
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Holdouts in the South Pacific: Explaining Death Penalty Retention in Papua New Guinea and Tonga

International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 2022
The South Pacific forms a cohesive region with broadly similar cultural attributes, legal systems and colonial histories. A comparative analysis starts from the assumption that these countries should also have similar criminal justice policies.
Daniel Pascoe, Andrew Novak
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Characteristics and Evolution of the Response of the Lower Atmosphere to the Tonga Volcanic Eruption

Applied Sciences, 2023
Research concerning the response characteristics of lower atmosphere to volcanic eruption is a key and hot topic in the field of volcanic environment research.
Fuyang Ke, Xiangxiang Hu, Guan Hong, Lulu Ming, Bao Song   +4 more
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Composition and Diversity of Natural Bacterial Communities in Mabisi, a Traditionally Fermented Milk

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020
Many traditionally fermented milk products such as mabisi involve spontaneous fermentation, which can result in bacterial community composition variation due to selection pressure.
Himoonga Bernard Moonga, Himoonga Bernard Moonga, Himoonga Bernard Moonga, Himoonga Bernard Moonga, Sijmen E. Schoustra, Sijmen E. Schoustra, Joost van den Heuvel, Anita R. Linnemann, Md Sainur Samad, John Shindano, Eddy J. Smid   +10 more
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Influence of the Madden–Julian Oscillation (MJO) on Tropical Cyclones Affecting Tonga in the Southwest Pacific

Atmosphere, 2023
The modulating influence of the Madden–Julian oscillation (MJO) on tropical cyclones (TCs) has been examined globally, regionally, and subregionally, but its impact on the island scale remains unclear.
Moleni Tu’uholoaki, Antonio Espejo, Krishneel K. Sharma, Awnesh Singh, Moritz Wandres, Herve Damlamian, Savin Chand   +6 more
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Low health-related quality of life in school-aged children in Tonga, a lower-middle income country in the South Pacific [PDF]

Global Health Action, 2014
Background: Ensuring a good life for all parts of the population, including children, is high on the public health agenda in most countries around the world.
Solveig Petersen, Boyd Swinburn, Helen Mavoa, Kalesita Fotu, Caroline Tupoulahi-Fusimalohi, Gavin Faeamani, Marjory Moodie   +6 more
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Impact and Inspiration of Tonga volcanic Eruption in 2022 [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2023
People have been puzzled by the problem of volcanic eruptions since ancient times. Because volcanic eruptions are difficult to predict accurately, if people can't take some precautions in advance, sometimes volcanic eruptions will cause great injuries ...
Yin Yefei
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