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Expansion of “green zones” may provide a chance for the global eradication of COVID-19
… NZ and Australia). The COVID-19 pandemic response led to two unexpected major advances. Perhaps most surprisingly, … of potential re-emergence) theoretically possible. But how feasible is eradication, especially given our failures to … were used to eradicate SARS [5] without vaccination. With safe and highly effective vaccines for COVID-19 to build on …
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More evidence that elimination is the best COVID-19 control strategy for health and the economy
… In this blog we briefly consider a new report from a European think tank that aims to identify an optimal COVID-19 response strategy. It … recommendations which are mainly from the perspective of how the Report’s findings could be used to improve the …
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The smokefree policies of political parties: Do they care about people who smoke?
… In this time of Covid-19, helping people who smoke to quit their addiction has an even greater importance. … to many harmful health effects, including severe effects from the virus. Policies that support people who smoke to be … 7 8 and no government has produced a plan to detail how this goal will be realised. We found nothing in the …
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A single shot to prevent cancer? HPV vaccine can!
… safety profile and evidence that it prevents cancer. Added to the NZ immunisation schedule in 2008, coverage has yet to … at least 90% coverage and eliminate HPV-related cancers from NZ. In this Briefing, we describe a missed opportunity … like the virus, it makes the vaccine work really well. How do we make the proteins come together just like the …
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Long COVID: Century-old Lessons We Still Have Not Learned
… aspects of long COVID are its high prevalence (up to 30% of those infected) and, as reinfection is increasingly … the history of the pandemic that we have allowed to fade from memory, it “probably marked the beginning of the … 67 days 37 . A much smaller study focused specifically on how neurologic symptoms evolved among long COVID patients who …
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Contradictions surround Government’s move to slash tax on heated tobacco products
… had advised Minister Costello that there was no evidence to support heated tobacco products as smoking cessation … whom are under the age of 18), preventing current smokers from quitting, and thereby sustaining the industry .” The … means it is unclear what outcomes she wants to achieve or how she plans to assess these. Furthermore, she has not …
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Human health impacts of plastic exposure – an evolving evidence base
… Summary The evidence for harm to human health caused by plastic has grown in the last five years, notably from chemical additives in plastics and plastic particles … authors were part of an expert panel advising PM Ardern on how to address the wicked problem of plastic pollution. 1 The …
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Why we need an Aotearoa Centre for Disease Control (CDC)
… (CDC) would significantly enhance national capability to address such threats and collaborate with similar global … are inevitable with multiple drivers of pathogen spillover from animals to humans — which is recognised as having been … diseases. ‘CDC’ is a working title only ( see appendix ). How does NZ compare internationally? In the decades leading …
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Beyond unhelpful dichotomies: a co-regulatory approach to protecting children from junk food marketing
… The Health Minister is currently deciding how to best address children’s poor health due to diet-related … (if you believe these two things are different) is exempt from this hazy classification? Often we see black or white …
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Cyclone Gabrielle joins list of Aotearoa NZ’s ‘sudden mass fatality events’
… 1900. But fatalities are just one aspect of the wider harm to health and wellbeing from Gabrielle – which includes impacts on mental health and … in the context of these other events, and reflect on how we, as a country, might avoid the list getting longer. …
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