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  • Potential health co-benefits from eradicating rats, stoats and possums in NZ towns and cities

    … The eradication of some introduced pests such as rats, stoats and possums in … (if bovine tuberculosis is eradicated nationally). But what about the spin-offs for public health? This blog starts … reducing the speed of run-off. The scientific literature does provide evidence that vegetation levels can reduce flood …
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  • Establishing Long COVID services in Aotearoa NZ – what can we learn from overseas?

    … people with the condition. In this blog, we discuss what LC services look like overseas and identify key components and considerations for the development of high quality and culturally appropriate LC services in … cohort, particularly with ethnic minorities. 25 They also mention that non-hospitalised patients had delayed referral …
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  • Is funding Euthanasia a health priority for Aotearoa New Zealand: Part 2?

    … Providing equity of access for assisted dying without equity of access to palliative care is to completely undermine the … critical to the implementation of the Act. If the funding does not cover the cost of provision of these services then …
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  • Covid-19 Hospitalisations Now Peaking in Aotearoa NZ – But Key Covid-19 Control Measures Still Need to be Maintained

    … now peaking across the country. To date, the peak burden of hospitalisations and ICU admissions in NZ has been lower … (abstracted from Ministry of Health daily news reports) What Covid-19 control measures do we still need to keep? … if they wish to have vaccine requirements – according to what is most appropriate for the safety of their workers and …
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  • New modelling on the risk of COVID-19 outbreaks in NZ associated with arriving travellers

    … our just published modelling work on estimating the risk of COVID-19 outbreaks associated with air travel to NZ. We … 14-day quarantine are still required. With the spread of more infectious SARS-CoV-2 variants it is critical that … NZ uses hotels instead of purpose-built facilities and does not confine the travellers to their rooms (i.e., there …
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  • A major new study on Kiwi health – can it inform decision-making?

    … by Radio NZ (3’12”)  and TVNZ (4’09”).) The Ministry of Health has just released a major new burden of disease … are rising in their relative contribution.  That is, what causes health loss in New Zealand is changing over time. … therefore be a high priority for the Government. What does this mean for decision-making? It is useful to know …
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  • Analysis of a new NZ Treasury Report on soft drink tax

    … tax price elasticities has just emerged. It has the look of a strategically published document that if and when – … And fifth, it would raise revenue for health promotion. What’s not to like? Possible reasons why some governments do … blue, red and green lines are more plausible – never does the line cross the x-axis (i.e. total caloric intake …
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  • The cost burden of excess weight in New Zealand: Sizing up a new report

    … obesity prevalence after plateauing for a decade. This is of great concern and it makes a new report from the Sapere Research Group on the Economic Impact of Excess Weight in Aotearoa all the more important. The … did not build the costs from the ground up, which is what the studies on the 1991 and 2006 data did (this is a …
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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 has just been released. It reviewed … to give NZ the pandemic preparedness it urgently needs. What this Briefing adds The rising threat of global pandemics …
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  • More courage needed from our political parties—reviewing our election series

    … stand on issues that impact the health and wellbeing of our population. In this article we review our “Where do … that is not demonstratively safe, we asked the parties what they will do . Given the risks to water quality from the … and build more roads with public/private partnerships. What will be the fate of Te Aka Whai Ora (the Māori Health …
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