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  • How to best describe NZ’s border control problems around COVID-19 with a possible typology

    … terms “Border system failure”: This could be the best term to describe the situations in NZ, where despite … delivery of effective interventions, we consider the term “border system failure” to be the best choice. There … might even be a role in some settings to consider the term “catastrophic border system failure” as detailed in the …
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  • Key findings in the 2021/22 NZ Health Survey: Continued rapid falls in smoking prevalence and increases in vaping

    … were concentrated among younger age groups, continuing a long-standing trend. The 2020/21 survey also revealed a large … people who smoke daily. These figures will over-estimate long term quit rates as some recent quitters will subsequently …
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  • Improving NZ Government communication about COVID-19: Five suggestions

    … a very successful communication tool, although we have long argued that it has become out-of-date and needs … (PCR tests) of border workers. 16 It has been known for a long time that this approach could provide for additional … of quarantine-free travel green zones. In the long-term we also need to be prepared for far more serious …
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  • Strengthening Omicron mitigation strategies in Early Childhood Education settings

    … may cause more serious illness, and research into the long-term effects of Covid-19 infection are ongoing. Young … for increased risk of Covid-19 transmission. ECE is the term used to denote any early education and care service for …
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  • The Two-Faced Tobacco Industry: Transformation and Cigarillos

    … companies with extreme suspicion. Tobacco companies have long held the dubious distinction of belonging to one of the … and practices cause. Following judgments that they had long known their products were harmful and often fatal, and … Leaf confirms concerns the public health community has long held and provides further evidence, if any were needed, …
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  • Robust vaccine surveillance shows safety – we need to communicate this better

    … in preventing both acute Covid-19 infection and Long Covid. Profiling the safety of vaccines and identifying … infection, hospitalisation, severe disease, mortality, long Covid, and in pregnancy. Requirements for NZ to sustain … and the resident population in England aged ≥5 years. 18 Long Covid Current studies on >600,000 people support …
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  • Digesting things further: High dietary salt intakes are almost certainly problematic

    … (e.g., a meta-analysis of 147 randomised trials (2)). Long-term follow-up of the randomised trial data around reducing … PURE Study adjusted for BMI, but we suspect as a linear term rather than categorical or non-linear (it is not clear …
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  • Taxing sugary drinks: Empirical findings out of Mexico

    … of seasonal (more SSBs drunk in Mexico in summer) and long-run trends in SSB consumption (e.g., a pre-tax trend of … are probably taken into account. Put another way, as long as the net impact of health agency and industry activity … the evidence around SSB taxation and clarify the long-term impact of the tax, potential substitutions and its …
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  • A century of health inequalities in NZ – new data

    … more marked [5, 6], and these have been described over long time courses [7, 8]. Eg, in 2011 there was a Māori vs … by itself to redress health inequalities, it will have long legacy effects. Dealing with specific health problems … important focus on reducing child poverty (which has long-term benefits to reduce inequalities in non-communicable …
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  • Highlights of the World Conference on Tobacco or Health

    … use and nicotine addiction in society, and create new long term health hazards. However, there was a glimmer of hope … harm reduction approach (although the evidence about long term safety is still much debated). However, there was …
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