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  • Making the most of masks

    … central role in minimising the health and economic impact of COVID-19, regardless of the long-term strategy we use against the pandemic. These … high risk settings such as gyms. As New Zealand’s outbreak of the COVID-19 Delta variant continues, and the public …
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  • Australia’s Quarantine Systems Failures: Lessons for NZ

    … states have successfully eliminated community transmission of COVID-19, albeit with occasional outbreaks from imported … by the Lowy Institute in Australia. 1 The rollout of vaccination programmes, starting with border workers, has been a favourable development in recent months. NZ and Australia have both …
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  • The urgent need for a Covid-19 Action Plan for Schools in Aotearoa New Zealand

    … At the onset of the Omicron outbreak in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) in early … and their families from Covid-19 and from the return of other winter respiratory infections. Current policy … In this final section we discuss principles that can guide development and implementation of the Action Plan for …
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  • Potential for an avian influenza pandemic: Time for NZ to ramp up preparedness

    … Summary Influenza A(H5N1) virus, a major cause of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) or ‘bird flu’, is … from past pandemic responses, notably the effective use of public health and social measures (PHSM) to delay entry … a ‘mixing vessel’ for further viral evolution and possible development of the capacity for human-to-human transmission. …
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  • Urgent action needed to prevent a measles epidemic in Aotearoa New Zealand

    … measles epidemic. Child immunisation coverage at two years of age has been falling and is now 83% overall, and 69% for … communities. NZ needs to immediately decrease the risk of importing cases from countries with measles transmission … include: education to support early case recognition; development of a multidisciplinary, pre-incident response …
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  • Expansion of “green zones” may provide a chance for the global eradication of COVID-19

    … and the challenges, but ultimately suggest consideration of progressive expansion of “green zones” towards a target of COVID-19 eradication. Even if eradication is not achieved, …
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  • Another Havelock North? Govt undoing protections for drinking water safety

    … This led to policy changes to strengthen the protection of source water and improve the country’s drinking water … of property rights” (the current purpose of the Act is sustainable management, including “safeguarding the … RMA is the country’s overarching policy for sustainable development. 9 It includes provisions to protect drinking …
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  • Five actions to support New Zealand’s Covid-19 response, with a focus on Auckland

    … Regardless of whether Auckland returns to Covid-19 elimination or … NZ Police, Department of Corrections, Ministry of Social Development [MSD], emergency and social housing providers, … the wastewater system (although this approach would not be sustainable if case numbers rose dramatically). Introduce or …
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  • Why Aotearoa New Zealand needs a Public Health Communication Centre

    … hei oranga mō koutou   —  Seek after learning for the sake of your well-being   Kia ora! Greetings from the Public … Ensuring continuing progress on healthy housing and sustainable urban environments Readers can stay up to date on … of the Centre aim to support evidence informed policy development, including through encouraging public debate and …
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  • The Covid-19 experience in Aotearoa New Zealand and other comparable high-income jurisdictions and implications for managing the next pandemic phase

    … In this blog we briefly explore the experience of the Covid-19 pandemic in several high-income Asia-Pacific … New Zealand (NZ). These jurisdictions used a mixture of elimination and suppression strategies to achieve low … with a reopening roadmap, after widespread vaccination, development of health services, and universal relief …
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