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  • Five lessons for Aotearoa NZ from the current COVID-19 outbreak in New South Wales

    … but the Greater Sydney region is currently facing a large COVID-19 outbreak, driven by the Delta variant. The … to control the outbreak and the grim situation holds a number of lessons for NZ. On 15 June 2021, a 60-year-old … accelerated so that they have reduced risk of transmitting infection during an outbreak. We probably need more mass …
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  • Urgently upgrading NZ’s Covid-19 response

    … actions include upgrading the Alert Level system with a particular focus on mask use, making the Covid Tracer App … to evolve and in several respects we are now experiencing a very different pandemic from that of 2020. The Delta … Level 2 in response to potential widespread exposure to a positive case, a traveller from Sydney who visited a number …
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  • Testing for COVID-19 in NZ to achieve the elimination goal

    … and ensuring wide geographic and demographic coverage. After that, testing to assess the elimination goal could … or as hospital admissions. Additionally, cases may remain undiagnosed through incomplete test sensitivity eg, estimated … assessment centres (CBACs) or directly to hospital, often following advice from Helpline. It seems likely that …
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  • NZ’s Quitline Service is value-for-money: But how does it compare with other tobacco control actions in a league table?

    … We have just published a journal article on the cost-effectiveness of NZ’s Quitline … League Table, and find that whilst the Quitline is a good thing to do, much more health gain is possible through … on past NZ Quitline data and health system costs were from a national dataset linking individual health events to costs. …
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  • Evidence supports a proposed Parliamentary Bill to reduce harm from alcohol sponsorship of sport

    … Green MP Chlöe Swarbrick recently announced a Member’s Bill to end alcohol sponsorship of sport, acting … health equity. Green MP Chlöe Swarbrick recently announced a Member’s Bill to end alcohol sponsorship of sport. The Bill … case for ending alcohol sponsorship of sport and propose a replacement model so that sporting bodies can realise their …
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  • In May 2022 the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020 expires: what then?

    … Response Act 2020 (‘Covid Act’) expires on 13 May 2022. A further time-limited legal framework will be needed to … are therefore time-limited. The Act expires two years after its enactment, that is, 13 May 2022. The Act cannot be … subsequent suggestions to hold a review of the Act after its enactment [3]. The Finance and Expenditure …
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  • A Statue of Merit: Dr Margaret Cruickshank and the 1918 influenza pandemic

    … United States. But in this blog we briefly look at a particular New Zealand statue that we think characterises … In 1897 Dr Cruickshank was the second woman to graduate after Emily Hancock Siedeberg, who was the first woman doctor … Moscow), though many have also been destroyed (sometimes after periods of ridicule with sausages regularly draped over …
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  • The Covid inquiry report is an excellent guide to preparing for the next pandemic – health cuts put that at risk

    … but also weaknesses that we can learn from. It provides a high level ‘road-map’ for improving pandemic preparedness … outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H7N6), a national pertussis epidemics, and vulnerability to a … and other restrictions which helped prevent widespread infection until most of the population was vaccinated. This …
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  • Aotearoa’s perinatal and maternal death rates remain inequitable and unjust

    … have worse perinatal outcomes. The report has also found: A significant decrease in stillbirths, mainly between … of a pregnancy ending in perinatal death where Covid-19 infection occurred during pregnancy.  A decrease in maternal … Notably, the infection rate for pregnant women/people after 20 weeks gestation was much lower when compared with …
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  • Taxing tobacco in NZ: What we know and what could be next

    … A series of seven annual tobacco tax increases, typically at … it is extended by the NZ Government. In this blog we take a timely look at what is known about tobacco tax increases in … tobacco tax increases in NZ has been associated with a 23% reduction in tobacco consumption per adult (for the …
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