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Urgent action needed to prevent a measles epidemic in Aotearoa New Zealand
… children. This is far below the 95% target level needed to maintain measles elimination. This decline adds to … to a measles epidemic and the urgent actions needed to reduce the risk and consequences of such an event, in … the management of immunisation and outbreaks. It will be important to review progress with implementing these …
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A public health perspective on taxing harmful products
… The New Zealand Government has set up a Tax Working Group to consider reforms of the tax system. In this blog we … will potentially improve health and lower health costs, reduce health inequalities and enhance environmental … tax reform (including equity impact evaluation) of any tax proposals. How selected taxes could actually reduce the total …
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The case for denicotinising tobacco in Aotearoa NZ remains strong: response to online critique
… This blog responds to a recent online critique of a study that modelled how key … of smoked tobacco products would likely profoundly reduce smoking prevalence and health inequities. The key … a discussion document for consultation that included proposals for measures to include in an action plan for …
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Preparing for Omicron: A proactive Government response is urgently needed to minimise harms
… national outbreak of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 to minimise harms to health and the economy. The first urgent … the entry of Omicron, it will be necessary to greatly reduce the number of infected travellers arriving in NZ. … number of 5-11-year-olds . Vaccination is particularly important in NZ because there has been minimal exposure to …
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Where do the parties stand? Long-term thinking & catastrophic risks
… for the future? In this Briefing we analyse responses to our pre-election survey of political parties in Aotearoa … the risk of “nuclear war”. National Argued that the most important thing we can do “is to grow the economy.” This … presented by global threats to New Zealand. Our efforts to reduce emissions, combat the impacts of climate change, and …
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Reducing tobacco retail availability: how could this be achieved and what evidence supports the NZ Government’s proposals?
… blog is one of a series examining key aspects of the plan to help inform the debate and submissions. Here we examine the proposals to reduce the retail availability of tobacco products and find …
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Five Strategic Approaches to Achieving the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Goal
… The new NZ Government is to be congratulated for working on an Action Plan towards … intervention packages, including intensifying efforts to reduce smoking uptake and ‘business as usual’ tobacco control … among quitters, and could particularly help minimise youth access (by facilitating enforcement around underage …
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Key findings on smoking and e-cigarette use prevalence and trends in the 2020/21 NZ Health Survey
… decline going back several decades. Data from 2011/12 to 2019/20 also showed persisting large disparities in … NZHS does not collect data on nicotine content or type of vaping device used, this is not a hypothesis that can be … hypothesis’ i.e., that EC use among adolescents may reduce smoking uptake. However, these data need monitoring …
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Covid-19 vaccines still protect us: How do we get the best out of them?
… even during the Omicron era, Covid-19 vaccines continue to provide protection against infection, hospitalisation, … for the most at-risk groups ( older people, those with important medical conditions, pregnant people) Extending … aim of protecting ourselves against repeat infection to reduce our risk of Long Covid. Finally, we need a universal …
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How best to classify and count NZ’s border control failures in the COVID-19 pandemic?
… In taking a systems approach to pandemic control, it is helpful to define what is meant by … in this blog are not at all about them as individuals – but rather are focused on system design issues. In this blog … take groups of travellers arriving at the same time to reduce the potential for recently arrived (and potentially …
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