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  • Using Rapid Antigen Tests to improve COVID-19 control in Aotearoa NZ

    … the Medicines Act 1981, which specifies that point of care test kits are regulated as medical devices. What are … a small handheld device. Most use a swab taken by a health care worker from the respiratory tract (usually the throat … South Wales for individuals working in a variety of aged-care services. However, Australian officials generally …
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  • Aotearoa New Zealand's fourth wave of Covid-19 and why we should care

    … – Masks are still required for most visitors to health care, aged care, and disability care facilities. They would also be useful for public …
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  • Testing for COVID-19 in NZ to achieve the elimination goal

    … COVID-19 will come to medical attention in either primary care or as hospital admissions. Additionally, cases may … and severe cases to ensure appropriate diagnosis and care This is the population of people infected with COVID-19 … 2% of COVID-19 cases are sufficiently ill to need hospital care (though the NZ experience to date of a very low …
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  • Long COVID: a crucial reason for vax, mask, and distance

    … those hospitalised; and those admitted to intensive care; There was evidence that some individuals experienced … now 18 . Although the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has produced a Rapid Guideline on … hospitalised, those hospitalised, and those in intensive care. There was an essentially universal finding that …
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  • Can we make better use of a cost-effective anti-cancer vaccine? The case of HPV vaccination in NZ girls

    … is offered through schools (in year 8) or through primary care (age 12 to 20 years). Young women need to have received … (as in Australia). At all other times and in other health care settings (such as primary care), parents and caregivers could be required to pay the …
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  • Public health and Budget 2024

    … reduced funding for health determinants, including health care, education, welfare, housing, environmental protection, … to do  Health spending is mostly seen through an acute care lens (hospitals, GPs and medicines), rather than public … in an unrelated area (say housing), for avoided health care costs in the future . Public Health is at odds with the …
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  • Public Health Solutions Series: Mental health services can’t solve a mental health crisis: public mental health priorities in Aotearoa

    … people with mental health disorders are treated in primary care. While access to primary mental health services is … part of our approach to reducing demand for mental health care.    Drug and alcohol legislation reform  Alcohol is the … employment. Employment support should be a core part of care for mental health conditions.   While mental health need …
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  • Why don’t we live as long and healthily as we could: social values and decision making

    … We will traverse the range from birth to end of life care and death, efficiency versus equity, learning from our … in New Zealand, or the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in the UK), it has criteria that it … the alternatives of prevention or good primary health care? Professor Anthony Harris Monash University penned a …
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  • The humility of being second to Australia in cancer mortality

    … can be done to improve patient journeys through cancer care, such as cancer care coordinators (which are being implemented in New … First, the sector is working hard already on cancer care pathways, care coordination, and such like – that work …
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  • Establishing Long COVID services in Aotearoa NZ – what can we learn from overseas?

    … 1325 patients identified signs of inequitable access to care in their cohort, particularly with ethnic minorities. 25 … referrals from existing health services (e.g. primary care, hospital services), and a process for self-referrals … MDT: A dedicated MDT should be responsible for developing care plans following initial assessment and for referring …
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