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  • Protecting New Zealand children from the developing Omicron outbreak

    … Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) is likely to soon be experiencing widespread community transmission … to off-site learning early (with comprehensive guidance on how to transition to off-site and tools to do so … masks as effective public health protection. Capacity to stay home if symptomatic or testing positive for Covid-19 …
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  • Long Covid in Aotearoa NZ: Risk assessment and preventive action urgently needed

    … as Long Covid. With only four years of follow-up time to observe this evolving new virus we cannot yet see the full … and coverage (eg, to younger age groups) to benefit from the demonstrated ability of vaccines to reduce the risk … international leadership with a proactive response. How common is Long Covid? Symptomatic Long Covid Long Covid …
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  • Proposed vaping regulations for NZ: Strengths and limitations

    … The Bill contains some important provisions as it works to strike a balance between ensuring regulated products are available to smokers wishing to quit, while at the same time minimising … extension of prohibitions on advertising and sponsorship from tobacco products to all vaping and smokeless tobacco …
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  • Fast-track Bill puts NZ on wrong track, threatening public health

    … Government has introduced the Fast-Track Approvals Bill to Parliament. The Bill would allow a small number of … projects are unlikely to be prioritised under the Bill. 10 How would projects approved under the Bill impact public … of air pollution, 11 and around 34,000 people become ill from unsafe drinking water each year. 12 The Bill would allow …
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  • Five actions to support New Zealand’s Covid-19 response, with a focus on Auckland

    … Regardless of whether Auckland returns to Covid-19 elimination or transitions to a suppression … urgent meeting to review Covid-19 containment measures and how they can be further enhanced in Auckland. This meeting … minimisation’ approach and enable people who use drugs to stay safe and contribute to the goal of controlling Covid-19. …
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  • Where do the parties stand? Addressing Māori health inequity

    … series “Where do the parties stand?”.  The party responses to the Public Health Communication Centre survey need to be … outcomes for all New Zealanders and shift the balance from treatment of illness towards ensuring health and … won't lead to better outcomes.” Te Pāti Māori Outlined how it had campaigned strongly on the introduction of a Māori …
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  • “Achieving Smokefree Aotearoa by 2025”: a response to critiques

    … play in achieving the Smokefree 2025 goal and examines how measures in the Action Plan will support people who smoke to either quit or to transition fully from smoking to vaping. Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 is a …
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  • Dropping the ball on measles? Aotearoa must close an ‘immunity gap’ to avoid a measles epidemic

    … Summary The number of children susceptible to measles in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) is growing. We are … the number of susceptible children in 2024 which shows how close we are to a nation-wide epidemic of the scale last … campaign for all children aged 2-10 years was planned from July, to close the immunity gap identified in that …
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  • Testing for COVID-19 in NZ to achieve the elimination goal

    … In this blog we raise ideas for how New Zealand might optimise testing to both identify cases in the community as part of the … to confirm when the virus has been completely eliminated from the country. These are urgent issues to clarify in order …
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  • What does the 2019/20 NZ Health Survey tell us about progress towards a Smokefree Aotearoa?

    … The latest NZ Health Survey data continues to show encouraging reductions in smoking prevalence. However, progress remains inadequate to achieve the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 goal with persisting … an analysis of 10 key points about smoking and vaping from the 2018-19 NZ Health Survey (NZHS). Here we update that …
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