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  • Happiness surveys, & can health sector interventions improve well-being?

    … According to the just released “ World Happiness Report 2013 ”, New Zealanders are among the happiest people … Solutions Network. There has also been a growing (re)focus on happiness as the goal of living and public policy, … a consumerist trajectory since Adam Smith that has focused on GDP and a ‘particular’ take on utilitarianism. Indeed, the …
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  • More evidence that elimination is the best COVID-19 control strategy for health and the economy

    … strategies have previously been reported on by some of us in a blog [1] and in the British Medical Journal [2]. The ability of Australia and NZ to … other measures of economic impact (eg, unemployment and under-employment) are also not discussed. Within these 14 …
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  • How might NZ expand community water fluoridation?

    … The recently published Report on the safety of water fluoridation (Royal Society of … central government role has been argued for by the NZ Medical Association [5], and in the editorial pages of …
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  • Running into Trouble: COVID-19 in Japan during the Tokyo Olympics

    … event has now opened, with the opening ceremonies held on 23 July 2021 and competitions scheduled to take place … These concerns have also been highlighted in leading medical journals 1-3 and by many commenters, particularly in … highly transmissible and has proved difficult to control under the best of circumstances. A number of different …
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  • Backing off international infant formula standards: A retrograde step

    … products. This can have significant negative effects on infant and maternal health, wellbeing and population … power of the commercial milk formula industry, continued under-regulation of industry marketing, and chronic … Consultants Assn Board member Dr Yvonne Le Fort –  Medical Director Milford Breastfeeding Clinic, NZBA Board …
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  • Avoidable hospitalisations: Helping our health system get through COVID-19

    … of preventable injuries that currently take a toll on hospital and health resources. These include those caused … significant and valuable differences for hospital staff, medical centres and patients. Even with reduced private road … Australasia have alcohol-related ‘injuries, intoxication, medical conditions (or) injuries caused by an …
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  • COVID-19 hospitalisation peaks in Australian States since Omicron emerged: potential relevance to Aotearoa NZ

    … the months of December 2021 and January 2022 occurred on 19 January with 5,302 people in hospital. ICU numbers also … raises questions about NZ’s ICU capacity given a recent report suggesting that given current ICU use, there remains … Consider preparing for a worst-case scenario of over 1,500 cases per day in hospital (although the “most likely” …
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  • Potential impact of an Omicron outbreak: A look at the IHME modelling for NZ

    … in MIQ . However, this change will not have an impact on arriving cases until March 2022. Therefore, substantially … of around three months. IHME also considers the impact on the NZ hospital system (Figure 23.1 in its NZ report). This graphic shows the hospital system moving into …
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  • Food and beverage taxes for a healthier diet: The Pacific experience

    … we are seeing a growing impact of the food environment on chronic disease burdens. In response, the World Health Organization recommends fiscal policies like taxes on sugary drinks and unhealthy foods. In our region, Pacific countries have led the way with excise taxes on unhealthy food and drinks being introduced since the turn …
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  • Update on Long-COVID

    … This blog post updates an earlier post on Long-COVID and reports that estimates of prevalence are … individuals and, finally, most studies involved fewer than 500 individuals. Nonetheless, the studies collectively have … at least one new clinical manifestation that required medical care after the acute phase of COVID-19; this was …
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