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  • Can we make better use of a cost-effective anti-cancer vaccine? The case of HPV vaccination in NZ girls

    … 2011. It is offered through schools (in year 8) or through primary care (age 12 to 20 years). Young women need to have received … all other times and in other health care settings (such as primary care), parents and caregivers could be required to …
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  • What public health lessons can NZ still learn from the United States?

    … life expectancy and an exorbitantly expensive health care system. However, the large number of state and local … and overdoses. It also has an extremely expensive health care system by OECD standards, due partly to high … reported that: “The benefit-cost ratios for health care and fuel savings are between 3.8 and 1.2 to 1, and an …
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  • Making the most of masks

    … by the public. Evidence that universal masking works The primary mode of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that … protective equipment (PPE) by groups such as health care workers [2, 3]. In that situation the focus is on giving … heavily during exercise in gyms, energetic children in primary schools, active indoor workplaces, and nightclubs …
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  • COVID-19 in Aotearoa: what does public health do now?

    … But we will see other significant health issues too as primary care and hospital services become stretched. We will see … residence in transitional housing or disconnection with primary care? What are the expected impacts on public health …
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  • Children and young people and COVID-19: The urgent need for improved guidance in NZ

    … children at Alert Levels 2 and 3 and encouraging primary-age children to make and use masks. The SARS-CoV-2 … adults; Activities to promote m aking and wearing masks in primary schools (at present the WHO does not recommend masks … children under 5 years). The evidence for transmission in primary-age children remains unclear currently, but uptake by …
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  • When can COVID-19 be Declared Eliminated from NZ? New Modelling Study

    … 39.5% of symptomatic cases seek medical attention in primary care [based on Flutracking data for NZ] and assuming 95% of … 39.5% of cases seeking medical consultation in primary care settings, and 4% of symptomatic cases being …
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  • Dietary counselling – how effective and cost-effective is it?

    … systematic review examined counselling by dietitians in primary care [9], although it did not generate pooled estimates in a … Similarly, another narrative review concluded that primary care physicians can be effective in delivering weight …
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  • Longer-term harm from Covid-19 in children: The evidence suggests greater efforts are needed to protect children in Aotearoa NZ from infection

    … children meet the case definition the majority require ICU care. 11 12 MIS-C mainly affects primary school aged children with half of cases in the US … 2021 (ie, just before the Omicron peak), 1% of all primary school aged children and 2.7% of all secondary school …
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  • Testing for COVID-19 in NZ to achieve the elimination goal

    … cases of 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 …
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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 … organisations with 81 million patients 38 . The cohort of primary interest included patients with a COVID-19 diagnosis. … of tissue damage in regions functionally connected to the primary olfactory cortex; and (iii) greater reduction in …
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