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  • More evidence that elimination is the best COVID-19 control strategy for health and the economy

    … a Paris-Brussels think tank: Institut Économique Molinari [3]. In this blog we consider its findings and put these into … to 2019. Meanwhile, the decline in GDP was greater (-3.3%) in countries that had not eradicated the virus.” The …
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  • Tax policy as a key health determinant: Reform for the Covid-19 reset

    … incomes; 2 disproportionate job losses affecting women; 3 increased stress in multi-generational homes during … and Pasifika already facing higher levels of unemployment. 3 4 Hence the importance of economic cushioning provided by … in 2018 was 32.7% of GDP, while the OECD average was 34.3%; and the NZ proportion was significantly less than those …
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  • When can COVID-19 be Declared Eliminated from NZ? New Modelling Study

    … of Australia and NZ in terms of a trans-Tasman “bubble”. 3 More realistically however, it might be that such … happened during the lockdown during Alert Levels 4 and 3 in NZ. 5   6 Since the move to Alert Level 2, there is … goal. *Author details: Nick Wilson 1 2 , Matthew Parry, 3 Ayesha J Verrall, 4 Michael G Baker 2 , Martin Eichner 5 6 …
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  • Potential for an avian influenza pandemic: Time for NZ to ramp up preparedness

    … of this virus jumping to humans from another mammal. 2 3   This Briefing provides a high-level risk assessment of … became possible only in the 20 th century, when there were 3 pandemics: in 1918-19, 1957, and 1968. 28 The influenza … mammals. 43 In the last two years, the A(H5N1) clade 2.3.4.4b has spread explosively across most regions of the …
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  • Can we make better use of a cost-effective anti-cancer vaccine? The case of HPV vaccination in NZ girls

    … treatment also indicates a favourable downward trend [3]. HPV vaccination is cost-effective We developed a Markov … cancer, pre-cancer (CIN I to III), genital warts, and 3 other HPV-related cancers (oropharyngeal, anal, vulvar … school-based only programme, coverage is 73% for dose 3 for 12-13 year old girls (with dose 1 being at 83%) [5]. …
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  • Poor ventilation in public transport settings in Aotearoa NZ: New data for buses and trains

    … . Results Data collection occurred on buses (30 trips, 3 cities) and trains (15 trips, 3 cities) during autumn (April, May) and winter (June) 2023. … transport staff from exposure to airborne infections. 3 So we agree with the arguments made by Metlink for the NZ …
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  • Making the most of masks

    … equipment (PPE) by groups such as health care workers [2, 3]. In that situation the focus is on giving the wearer a … from airborne particles expelled by heavy exhalation [3, 20]. New Zealand’s own experience during this current … can be successfully worn, even during vigorous exercise [3, 21, 22]. Gyms are an especially vulnerable environment …
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  • The case for lowering salt levels in processed foods is now even stronger – new research

    … and deaths” reported in some cohort studies (eg, [2] [3]). Data from the follow-up of the Trials of Hypertension … This method over-estimated intake by 1,297mg/day (i.e. 3.2g salt) compared to the gold standard method. Furthermore, … and blood pressure within the range of 1,200-4,800 mg/day (3-12 gram salt)” and “evidence also shows that as blood …
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  • Can oral tobacco and nicotine products help people to stop smoking?

    … supporting snus as a smoking cessation aid was ‘weak’ 3 (see Box 1 for detail). Box 1: Evidence for snus as a … replacement therapy (NRT) (RR 0.62 [95% CI 0.27 to 1.41]). 3 A meta-analysis of longitudinal observational data in the … risk of bias due to lack of adjustment for confounding. 3 The authors concluded the evidence supporting snus as a …
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  • NZ Health Strategy Consultation Draft – are the big prevention programmes really in there?

    … organising themes (1. People powered, 2. Closer to home, 3. Value and high performance, 4. One team, 5. Smart system), … list of) interventions we have modelled in the BODE 3 Programme (University of Otago) , estimating health gains … into the future (although the QALY gains are discounted at 3% per annum). In contrast, the treatment interventions are …
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