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  • Nitrate contamination in drinking water and adverse birth outcomes: emerging evidence is concerning for NZ

    … takes a brief look at this new evidence and puts it into a NZ context. Nitrate is one of the most common drinking water contaminants in NZ, largely driven by agricultural activity (nitrogen … 1-3 Our recent study of the current nitrate levels in NZ drinking water showed as many as 800,000 people could be …
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  • Public Health Solutions Series: Two Injury Prevention Strategies to Reduce Pressure on the Health System

    … at reducing pressure on the health system of Aotearoa NZ. Raising alcohol taxes to prevent injury   This intervention has actually been modelled for the NZ setting where we considered a one-off 15 cent ($0.15) … reduced costs of treating transport injuries (reduced by NZ$3.6 million; 95% uncertainty interval [UI]: $0.88 million …
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  • The need for an updated strategic approach to Covid-19 control in Aotearoa NZ

    … The NZ Government appears to have drifted into an unclear … elimination”. To maximise the success of this strategy, NZ would need to ensure tighter internal borders. … of Covid-19 is possible. Until very recently, Aotearoa NZ was clearly using an elimination strategy for Covid-19 …
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  • Will regular tobacco tax increases get NZ to the tobacco endgame?

    … tax for achieving an end to the tobacco epidemic in NZ. The bottom line is that tax rises could play an important … missing the smokefree nation 2025 target We adapted a NZ-specific smoking projection model ( Ikeda et al ) to … (with 10% reflecting the annual increase legislated by the NZ Government to 2016). The modelling results suggest that …
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  • Money down the drain: The high cost of leaking water pipes

    … consents”, is acknowledged by Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) authorities. 3 Water loss : The most obvious problem is … critical at times of scarcity, often the summer months in NZ localities. At times of water scarcity citizens may have … of road and footpath infrastructure (eg, a major slip in NZ in 2023 4 ). Resource diversion/opportunity cost : Dealing …
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  • An upgraded Alert Level 2 is urgently needed to address the Delta Variant threat

    … Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ’s) Covid-19 Alert Level system worked well in early 2020, … at Alert Level 3) to eliminate community transmission. As NZ plans moves down the Alert Levels in coming weeks, now is … from further border system failures) remains. Therefore, NZ should continue with its intensive efforts to control the …
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  • The draft NZ Health Strategy: Will it enable New Zealanders to “live well, stay well and get well”?

    … The new draft NZ Health Strategy is strong on strengthening the health care … to address the 10 top risk factors for health loss in NZ? Unfortunately not well at all. There are no population … to “live well, stay well and get well”. The draft NZ Health Strategy (1) has a strong focus on strengthening …
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  • The science is certain: masks work. Policy and practice must support their use

    … key findings and implications for Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ). We need to upgrade mask policy to align with current evidence. NZ is missing out on the benefits of this effective and … that New Zealanders are wearing appropriate masks. NZ needs to begin the necessary transition from leaky medical …
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  • Can CT screening for lung cancer in New Zealand be cost-effective?

    … 55-74 year olds with 30 pack-year history No screening $NZ 119,000(95% uncertainty interval: $76,000 to $273,000)   … 55-74 year olds with 30 pack-year history No screening $NZ 61,000 $NZ 28,000 McMahon et al 2011(8) USA 50-74 year olds with 20 …
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  • Preventing falls can be very cost-effective in NZ – New study

    … just published a modelling study on exercise programmes in NZ to prevent falls in older people. This work suggests that … or group-based exercise) is good value for money for the NZ Government. In this blog we consider these results … the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) was NZ$6900 per QALY gained (95%UI: 2200 to 15,600). By a common …
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