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  • Smartphone apps for weight loss and smoking cessation

    … We were involved in a study published in last Friday’s NZ Medical Journal that tried to answer that question from a NZ … through them. In our recent publication with a group of medical students (last week’s NZ Medical Journal [5]) we … care means that the patient should also be at the centre and control point for their integrated electronic …
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  • Media release: Surge in whooping cough cases highlights need for improved immunisation access for mothers and infants

    … the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre, University of Auckland Immunisation Advisory Centre (IMAC) medical director Dr Nikki Turner and co-authors say that four … improve coverage,” says Dr David, senior Māori advisor and medical advisor for IMAC. The Briefing also recommends …
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  • Public Health Communication Centre strategic outline

    … The Charter outlines the two core objectives of the Centre: Communicate public health research findings and … stakeholders, a Treaty responsiveness framework for the Centre.  Engage with and support Māori health experts and … Independent; Culturally Safe; Solution focussed About the Centre The Public Health Communication Centre is an …
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  • World Ventil8 Day – How do our buildings measure up?

    … acknowledges health, health is not placed at front and centre of the Code. The NZ Building Code has minimum … levels. Our recent CO 2 monitoring in shared spaces like medical centre waiting rooms (Figure 2) and hospitality … levels of 1000 ppm (green area of the graph) Figure 2: Medical Centre waiting room CO 2 levels over a 4-day period, …
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  • Potential for an avian influenza pandemic: Time for NZ to ramp up preparedness

    … of Otago Wellington, and Public Health Communication Centre Prof John D. Potter , Research Centre for Hauora and … and Public Health Communication Centre Dr Oz Mansoor , Medical Officer of Health, Tairāwhiti (on sabbatical with … Science and Research Ltd ( ESR )  Prof Richard Webby , St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and Director, World …
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  • The science is certain: masks work. Policy and practice must support their use

    … NZ needs to begin the necessary transition from leaky medical (blue) masks to the far more effective respirator … should also be informed that mask quality matters. Unlike medical (blue) or cloth masks, respirator masks (eg, N95, … of Otago Wellington, and Public Health Communication Centre Prof Trish Greenhalgh , Nuffield Department of Primary …
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  • When can COVID-19 be Declared Eliminated from NZ? New Modelling Study

    … with lower levels of symptomatic cases of COVID-19 seeking medical attention and lower levels of testing. For example, … Base case analysis: 39.5% of symptomatic cases seek medical attention in primary care [based on Flutracking data … 12 to 15 days 27 to 33 days Scenario 1: 30% seek medical attention, 60% of them are tested 17 to 24 days 38 to …
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  • Dropping the ball on measles? Aotearoa must close an ‘immunity gap’ to avoid a measles epidemic

    … using digital tools. Author details Dr Oz Mansoor , Medical Officer of Health, Tairāwhiti (on sabbatical with Public Health Communication Centre) Prof Nikki Turner , Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Auckland, and Medical Director of the Immunisation Advisory Centre Prof …
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  • Weekly deaths declined in NZ’s lockdown – but we still don’t know exactly why

    … Notes: Alert Level 4 lockdown began on 26 March 2020 (1 st full day); then switched to Alert Level 3 on 28 April (1 st full day); then switched to Alert Level 2 on 13 May (1 st full day); and then Alert Level 1 on 10 June (1 st full …
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  • Urgent action needed to prevent a measles epidemic in Aotearoa New Zealand

    … of Otago Wellington, and Public Health Communication Centre Prof Nikki Turner , Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Auckland, and Medical Director of the Immunisation Advisory Centre Dr Mamaeroa David , GP,  McLaren Park Medical Centre  Assoc Prof Amanda Kvalsvig , Department of …
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