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  • Government funding of interpreters in Primary Care is needed to ensure quality care

    … The pandemic has highlighted many problems in the NZ health … purpose. If it is acknowledged that funded interpreters are needed for Covid-19 patients, why are they not available … (MBIE) Language Assistance Programme to try to establish what is currently provided. The data are of poor quality but …
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  • Rodents running riot in supermarkets – do we need to worry?

    … Summary  In January and February 2024, the public of Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) were captivated by … R. norvegicus ), and black rat ( R. rattus ). While kiore are mostly restricted to a few offshore islands, the other … require the use of different approaches or technologies. What is new in this Briefing? Four species of rodents have …
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  • Why NZ should consider adopting “mass masking” as an additional step to speed elimination of the Covid-19 pandemic

    … is common in some Asian countries as a control measure in the current Covid-19 pandemic. There is some suggestive … benefit for such mask use. Since the costs of mass masking are relatively low and there are no apparent substantial … a cough [9]. There is now also some indirect evidence of benefits from mask use from an observational study emerging …
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  • “Why not just ban it?” Is it time to consider ending tobacco sales?

    … 2025 goal, plain packaging or some other policy measure, the question will come up – ‘well why don’t you just ban it?’ … ways this appears highly favourable. For example, Smokers are a steadily shrinking minority, albeit still a substantial … or junk food, and taking into account the likely health benefits of increased productivity and reduced health care …
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  • Lessons from jurisdictions that are battling their own Delta variant outbreaks

    … The first Delta-variant outbreak in the community brings a … an ‘elimination strategy’ [10] is being put to the test. What’s the situation in Australia? As we described in a … the Delta variant out of its population, however officials are still planning for a Delta outbreak scenario . Referred …
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  • Illicit tobacco trade and the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Goal: Arguments and evidence

    … The NZ Government has published proposals for an Action Plan … tobacco control measures, such as tobacco taxation, which are effective in reducing youth smoking uptake and increasing … and the onward sale of black market tobacco products. What steps could the NZ Government take to minimise illicit …
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  • Contradictions surround Government’s move to slash tax on heated tobacco products

    … Associate Health Minister Casey Costello recently halved the excise tax levied on heated tobacco products. Tobacco … revenues by recruiting new smokers (the majority of whom are under the age of 18), preventing current smokers from … about her definition of ‘less harmful’ means it is unclear what outcomes she wants to achieve or how she plans to assess …
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  • The Covid inquiry report is an excellent guide to preparing for the next pandemic – health cuts put that at risk

    … Summary The report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Covid-19 … It also coincides with major staffing cuts in areas that are critical to responding to pandemics and epidemics. We … to give NZ the pandemic preparedness it urgently needs. What this Briefing adds The rising threat of global pandemics …
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  • Five Strategic Approaches to Achieving the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Goal

    … The new NZ Government is to be congratulated for working on … to achieving the Smokefree Aotearoa goal. The strategies are largely derived from interventions recommend in the ASAP … and are on track to ensure realisation of the 2025 goal benefits all population groups. … Five Strategic Approaches …
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  • A new online calculator for estimating how much a society might spend on life-saving interventions

    … we describe an online calculator we developed to estimate the maximum investment society might consider spending on … and NZ$ 0.2 million for an 80-year-old, assuming we are willing to spend $45,000 per healthy life-years gained … critical assumptions (outlined in an online user guide). What do the results show for NZ? The EMIC to save a life …
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