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  • Reducing tobacco retail availability: how could this be achieved and what evidence supports the NZ Government’s proposals?

    … The NZ Government has published a Discussion Document … of socially deprived neighbourhoods in Aotearoa NZ are exposed to many more tobacco outlets than those living in … retail availability: how could this be achieved and what evidence supports the NZ Government’s proposals? …
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  • Are we ready to eliminate invasive meningococcal disease in Aotearoa New Zealand?

    … that has devastating impacts on families. Most cases are children and young adults, and each case has a … New Zealand (NZ) has experienced high rates of IMD for the last 30 years, but recent international and local … and effective country-level IMD elimination programme. What is new in this Briefing Advances in vaccines mean that …
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  • Tax reform pros & cons: A brief look from a Public Health perspective

    … on society and designing such policies is complex. But if the perspective is around gaining health and saving costs for … more than others. In this blog we take a brief look at what potential there is for revising the NZ tax system from a … health, well-being or the state of the environment really are, the extent to which the system should be redistributive …
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  • The changing COVID-19 situation in Taiwan – what can NZ learn from Taiwan’s latest outbreak?

    … rate, with large scale restrictions imposed to bring the outbreak under control.  This COVID-19 outbreak in Taiwan … the Delta  variant (B.1.617.2, originating in India) which are both more transmissible compared to the original … 470.5 1.1% Taiwan 15,088 14 706 14 23.5 15 30.0 641.7 4.7% What is the state of public health interventions in Taiwan? …
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  • Reducing the risk of Covid-19 transmission through the use of air purifiers

    … Indoor environments increase the risk of transmission for the virus that causes Covid-19 … Mark Jermy) Indoor spaces with low levels of ventilation are high-risk settings for Covid-19 transmission, as an …
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  • Potential new regulatory options for e-cigarettes/ANDS in NZ

    … E-cigarette usage is growing in NZ and around the world but the scientific evidence-base regarding the benefits and risks of these types of products remains … during the 2012-14 period (4). Increasingly, there are advertisements for ANDS in this country (e.g., a radio …
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  • Note to the Havelock North Inquiry – Think Big

    … An Independent Inquiry is now investigating the cause of the water-borne outbreak caused by Campylobacter … outbreaks like this continue to occur, when the causes are well-understood, and one would think a rich country such … affecting nevertheless hundreds of thousands of people. What is clear from the reports is that it is impossible to …
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  • Five actions to support New Zealand’s Covid-19 response, with a focus on Auckland

    … or transitions to a suppression approach, there are critical actions that can be taken to strengthen pandemic … to protect key groups and slow transmission; (4) Upgrading the Alert Level system to provide more nuanced options for … Slowing, or ideally eliminating, Covid-19 transmission benefits the entire country and buys time to achieve high and …
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  • The alarms are flashing red: Five reasons to upgrade our Alert Level system before the next Covid-positive traveller visits a major city

    … Zealand (NZ’s) Alert Level system worked well in 2020, but the Covid-19 landscape is changing and the system needs to … partner who was travelling with them, and NZ was spared what might have been a series of super-spreading episodes … warning signals about gaps in our pandemic response. Here are five reasons we need to upgrade our Alert Level system …
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  • COVID-19 and the law in Aotearoa NZ

    … successful elimination of community transmission of the COVID-19 pandemic. This blog details key aspects of the … daily life in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ). But not all of us are quite sure what the law allows, and what it doesn’t. NZ’s legal …
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