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Five key reasons why NZ should have an official inquiry into the response to the COVID-19 pandemic
… also identify lessons for the organisation and resourcing of public health more broadly. Fortunately, NZ has a fairly … in the short and longer term First we need to know how prepared NZ was for pandemics and how valid the country’s … and systems might be upgraded. Certainly, there are many challenges ahead from the potential impact of climate …
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Smokefree Aotearoa – world-leading developments with profound public health implications
… Summary Tobacco smoking is a major cause of preventable and inequitable ill health and premature death … among Māori, 18.9% among Pacific peoples and 8.5% among people with European/other ethnicity. Smoking-related ill … of smoked tobacco products, including investigating how to best ‘restrict’ filters to minimise their impact on …
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Covid-19 Case-Fatality Risk & Infection-Fatality Risk – important measures to help guide the pandemic response
… increase in the number of reported cases in 2022 indicates how much more transmissible the Omicron variant is, compared … as a crude mortality rate) during the pandemic compared to many other nations . This even resulted in an increase in … cases’ : Basically, the CFR ‘expresses the percentage of people that have been diagnosed with a disease that die from …
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Where do the parties stand? Long-term thinking & catastrophic risks
… Briefing we analyse responses to our pre-election survey of political parties in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) about … Election, the Public Health Communication Centre contacted each of the five major parties with a set of questions about … detonated somewhere in the Northern Hemisphere tomorrow , how would the NZ Government react? What if a cyberattack …
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The changing COVID-19 situation in Taiwan – what can NZ learn from Taiwan’s latest outbreak?
… gatherings and 10 persons outdoors, and the closure of many business and public venues is required. To activate a … We have previously made several recommendations for how NZ can enhance its COVID-19 response, 4, 24 and expand on … control measures including MIQ processes (eg, to prevent people mixing in corridors, exercise areas and smoking areas, …
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Where do the parties stand? Addressing Māori health inequity
… that has enough innovation in it that can deliver for people on the basis of need. No. To be replaced by “a strong … won't lead to better outcomes.” Te Pāti Māori Outlined how it had campaigned strongly on the introduction of a Māori … and more than 4,000 people were seen in December alone. Many of these services simply didn’t exist before this …
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COVID-19 hospitalisation peaks in Australian States since Omicron emerged: potential relevance to Aotearoa NZ
… 2021 and January 2022 occurred on 19 January with 5,302 people in hospital. ICU numbers also peaked on the 19 January … the Omicron wave may have now peaked in NSW and Victoria . Many other nations have also experienced Omicron pandemic … (including wider access to RATs and information about how to use them effectively), and greater provision of home …
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What’s the right Covid-19 risk to live with – an Australian perspective
… As Australia inches up its vaccine rollout , the question of when the country can open up has become more pressing. … a number of other factors; the expected number of infected people arriving per day, the pre-departure requirements of … MODELLING Our modelling is sophisticated, with many inputs and many moving parts and there are some key …
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Why NZ should consider adopting “mass masking” as an additional step to speed elimination of the Covid-19 pandemic
… is some suggestive laboratory and epidemiological evidence of benefit for such mask use. Since the costs of mass masking … 2m distancing guidelines [5]. Perhaps a half or more of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 never develop any symptoms … (ie, when pre-symptomatic). One estimate is that as many as 50% of infections are transmitted from …
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What does art have to do with public health, and how can they work together?
… took us on an art tour of Europe – illustrating how 19 th and early 20 th century artworks can tell us about … concept and anchors it into a format that everyday people can begin to empathise with. We feel that there is … to the foundations of social justice and equity that many public health practitioners hold to be fundamental. This …
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