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  • Lessons from Canada for NZ: Carbon, Cycling, Tobacco, Nutrition and Cannabis

    … Canada has a number of progressive public policies which can influence … data to suggest that charges on greenhouse gas emissions can be popular with the public if revenues are given back to …
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  • When the first barrier fails: Strengthening protection for drinking water sources

    … Summary Safe, good quality drinking water is a foundation of public health. The first, and most … it; and makes recommendations for how the government can strengthen responsibility and accountability in … So, while the plans may identify land use risks, they can’t act to address them. Valuable changes were made to the …
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  • More evidence that elimination is the best COVID-19 control strategy for health and the economy

    … In this blog we briefly consider a new report from a European think tank that aims to identify … data and a longer-term perspective is needed, before we can be really certain about the relative benefits and costs … a final state of control. In the meantime modelling can give insights into the best strategies. Such a model has …
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  • The long-term health burden of COVID-19: further justification for NZ’s elimination strategy

    … transmission of the pandemic virus, SARS-CoV-2, to zero by a series of public-health interventions and rapid responses … show persistence of the virus itself has not, as far as I can tell, been reported. Conclusions A central issue with the … post is intended to convey, there is a 7 th feature that can be added to this list – a wide spectrum of multi-organ …
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  • Hearing loss & social isolation – the silent burden

    … Untreated hearing loss is a large direct cause of disability and is associated with … in hearing health care in Aotearoa New Zealand, which can contribute to greater inequities. This blog argues that … loss, the disability burden and risk of social isolation can be reduced. Mamo et al have reported that although …
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  • Are we ready to eliminate invasive meningococcal disease in Aotearoa New Zealand?

    … Summary Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) is a serious infection that has devastating impacts on families. … Martin Maiden and Mattias Frosch posed the question: “Can we, should we, eradicate the meningococcus?” 1 Their … response has shown how public health and social measures can further reduce IMD risk. Implications for public health …
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  • How much revenue would a New Zealand sugary drink tax raise? And how might be best to do it?

    … Professors Tony Blakely and Cliona Ni Mhurchu Last week a FIZZ symposium was run in Auckland. A key focus was moving … the tax revenue for above. The fourth options is a simple ad valorem excise tax of, say, 20% on retail price. The problem with this simple tax (and the third option above) is that people may …
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  • Preventing falls can be very cost-effective in NZ – New study

    … We have just published a modelling study on exercise programmes in NZ to prevent … other fall prevention interventions that policy-makers can consider – which are now all in the BODE 3 online … and mortality impacts. Yet there are interventions that can reduce the risk of falls. In this blog we examine some …
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  • Open data, transparency and power – role of the Virtual Health Information Network

    … focus on how the Virtual Health Information Network (VHIN) can contribute to stronger health research and therefore … benefit the health of all New Zealanders. The VHIN is a network of health data users, especially in the Statistics … We highlight the benefits of VHIN membership and how you can contribute.   Value and opportunity NZ is uniquely …
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  • The maths and ethics of minimising COVID-19 deaths in NZ

    … of the NZ population becomes immune from pandemic spread Can we do better than this? Yes. If we protect, which … infection rate to 60% to achieve herd immunity. But this ‘simple’ measure has a profoundly beneficial effect, at least … R 0 = 2.5 pandemic in NZ this ICU overload occurs near the start of the epidemic curve). How much do we spend to try and …
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