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  • Can CT screening for lung cancer in New Zealand be cost-effective?

    … Europe, decisions have been more cautious. Decisions may be dependent on the results of the Dutch Belgian randomised … the cost-effectiveness of low-dose CT screening must be rigorously analysed.” And, “The cost-effectiveness of low-dose CT screening must also be considered in the context of competing interventions, …
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  • Smart party pill law makes tobacco & alcohol regulation look pathetic

    … promise is that if such a wide parliamentary consensus can be achieved on party pills, proportionate action on tobacco … the general public. However, its real importance may not be the modest health gains that result from controlling the … to individuals using it’. New psychoactive products will be prohibited on a precautionary basis until a newly …
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  • Covid recovery or sustainable transformation?

    … has underestimated these risks for too long. They need to be confronted. One of the most profound risk s ahead, as we … co-benefits (cleaner air, for example) that it would be correspondingly easy to achieve similar gains in the quest … likely, the required long-term multi-sector changes will be much more difficult to create and embed than changes made …
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  • Can we make better use of a cost-effective anti-cancer vaccine? The case of HPV vaccination in NZ girls

    … as in Australia) would achieve more health gain and still be cost-effective. In this blog we discuss these findings and … first of the three doses before their 20 th birthday to be eligible for the free vaccination programme. In 2011, the … screening alone). These cost-effectiveness figures can all be considered to be good value-for-money if we use the …
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  • Will liberalising nicotine availability increase quitting?

    … and vaporisers to obtain nicotine) is likely to be less harmful than smoking tobacco when smokers make a full … “ no restrictions are proposed on where e-cigarettes can be sold so this would include, for example, dairies, service … flaws: first, that smoked tobacco should continue to be widely available and, second, that potentially addictive …
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  • Health-related food taxes and subsidies: A critique of opposition arguments

    … arguments opposing such policies and suggesting they would be ineffective, “nanny-state”, or detrimental to NZ’s food … Consideration of such arguments, however, reveals many to be flawed, based on rhetoric or underpinned by selective … levels to boost flavour). A simple policy response might be widespread taxes covering a range of junk foods – to …
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  • An Official Inquiry into the Covid-19 Pandemic Response – It’s Time and it’s Vital

    … implementation, and enforcement by Government will also be required. Below is a short video summary of this blog (see … for relatively high Covid-19 vaccination coverage to be achieved before the switch was made to a … a start is made while memories are clear and lessons can be learnt. A list of our suggested priority areas for an …
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  • Longer-term harm from Covid-19 in children: The evidence suggests greater efforts are needed to protect children in Aotearoa NZ from infection

    … well-known phenomenon The effects of infection are said to be ‘post-acute’ when they are not part of the original … pathways. 5 6 Viral persistence or debris may also be involved in ongoing inflammation in some cases. While most … beyond the acute episode. Almost any organ system can be involved, but common features in children are fatigue, …
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  • Strengthening Omicron mitigation strategies in Early Childhood Education settings

    … 1 With Omicron infection, hospitalisations also tend to be brief (median length of stay 2 to 3 days) and are often … resources. Paediatric hospitalisations will very likely be inequitably distributed, disproportionately impacting … groups . It is unclear yet whether this same pattern will be seen with Omicron. Encouraging play, activities, meals, …
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  • Media release: NZ lags behind on indoor ventilation standards: World Ventil8 Day

    … NZ means the air we are breathing indoors may potentially be contaminated with harmful pollutants and pathogens, both … countries on indoor ventilation standards and what should be done. Dr Julie Bennett of the University of Otago says … group has collected recently indicates that NZ homes may be reaching well beyond the Centres for Disease Control and …
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