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  • The COVID-19 pandemic in Aotearoa/NZ: A brief photo-essay with 10 photos

    … In this photo-essay of the COVID-19 pandemic in Aotearoa/NZ, each photo is … to requiring mass mask use by the NZ Government (ie, after many months of advocacy by NZ researchers since April 2020) . … with facilities built at a place like Ōhakea air base for people coming from high risk countries. 16 For example, …
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  • Shifting all isolation/quarantine facilities to a single air force base: The need for a critical analysis

    … The main advantage would be a reduction in the risk of border control failures, which can potentially involve … could then allow for a more focused consideration of how best to do quarantine at the border, but analysis of the … At this time the previous three-day average was 370 people arriving in the country per day which is equivalent to …
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  • Tobacco industry ‘transformation’ – more smoke and mirrors?

    … ‘smoke-free future’ , ‘unsmoking’ the world , and helping people who smoke to ‘unsmoke’ (Figure 1). Similarly, in 2020, … Tomorrow’ (Figure 2) – by reducing the health impact of their business through ‘Portfolio transformation’ that … tobacco control policies. This threat underlines how crucial complete and timely implementation of the …
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  • Can CT screening for lung cancer in New Zealand be cost-effective?

    … it is the most deadly cancer, accounting for almost 20% of all cancer deaths in New Zealand. Lung cancer carries such … Trial or NLST) was conducted in more than 50,000 high risk people (defined as current or former smokers aged 55-74 years, with a 30 pack-year history and, if former smokers, quit within the last 15 …
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  • Potential health co-benefits from eradicating rats, stoats and possums in NZ towns and cities

    … The eradication of some introduced pests such as rats, stoats and possums in … this issue and provisionally concludes that there are many potential health benefits from the eradication or … birdsong levels will have psychological benefits for some people (6,7,8). In particular, hearing birdsong may have …
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  • Current and future generations must flourish: Time for a long-term and global perspective on pandemic and other catastrophic risks

    … and some ideas for what could be included in the Ministry of Health’s LTIB. Overview of our just published research … global vaccination plan and sharing of technology and know-how. On pandemics generally, the SG writes: ‘[G]lobal health … as follows: As the SG has identified, the world faces many large-scale risks. We describe these global catastrophic …
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  • Is funding Euthanasia a health priority for Aotearoa New Zealand: Part 2?

    … Providing equity of access for assisted dying without equity of access to … taken up by a small number of mostly educated white people. The recently announced funding mechanism (New Zealand … priority to End of Life Choice, when we do not fully fund many other services, particularly palliative care. The level …
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  • Red meat & processed meat: Summarising the Public Health isues

    … highest category of strength of evidence (see Figure), but how strongly is processed meat actually associated with … UK as an example: “ In the UK, around six out of every 100 people get bowel cancer at some point in their lives. If they … be looking wider than human health? Environmental impacts: Many countries around the world, including Sweden, Brazil and …
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  • Comparing two pandemics: A century apart

    … It highlights similarities and differences in the nature of these pandemics, the responses, and their impacts on … to projections based on previous years, per million people* Both pandemics affected largely immunologically naïve … children. They not only fell victim to the virus but many were also forced to assume caregiving roles for their …
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  • Covid recovery or sustainable transformation?

    … crystallised by the Covid pandemic. Here we consider how we can shape policies and programmes to ensure that the … here involve structural changes that will adversely affect many people. An effective and kind society is one which commits to …
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