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  • Are we ready to eliminate invasive meningococcal disease in Aotearoa New Zealand?

    … experience shows that we may finally have an opportunity to be permanently free of this disease. In this Briefing we … vaccine against serogroup B was developed and rolled out from 2014 onwards, starting in the UK. An ambitious and … disease. The Covid-19 pandemic response has shown how public health and social measures can further reduce IMD …
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  • Climate Change and Recent Actions of NZ Political Parties

    … health organisation OraTaiao convened a group of experts to analyse the climate change policies of NZ political party policies. It gave the highest grade to the Green Party, then the Labour Party, and then The … Wellington Regional Council (controlling such emissions from domestic heating could also help reduce carbon …
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  • Note to the Havelock North Inquiry – Think Big

    … in Havelock North. In this blog we consider the background to this issue and argue the Inquiry must not miss the … hundreds of thousands of people. What is clear from the reports is that it is impossible to completely … to do this is “like driving without a seat belt. It isn’t safe, and never was” . However, chlorination won’t deal with …
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  • COVID-19 hospitalisation peaks in Australian States since Omicron emerged: potential relevance to Aotearoa NZ

    … In this blog we examine the hospitalisation and ICU burden from the recent waves of COVID-19 in Australia, dominated by … January at 424 people. Applying the Australian experience to NZ on a per capita basis would suggest peaks of 1,107 … (including wider access to RATs and information about how to use them effectively), and greater provision of home …
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  • Public health and Budget 2024

    … protection, and law and order, shrinking relative to GDP over the next three years.  Public health, which … of capital), it was a reallocation of current resources from the poor to the very poor, which unfortunately but … it doesn’t give us much detail of what will be funded and how it will be spent.  Each budget also sets allowances for …
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  • World moving forward on the smokefree generation - Aotearoa NZ goes backwards

    … this policy, thus ensuring children for generations to come will be protected from addiction to smoking. In this … age restrictions may inadvertently suggest tobacco use is safe or acceptable after a certain age, potentially … Party Rishi Sunak drew on this reasoning to explain how the measure would create a healthier future for children: …
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  • Long Covid: High economic burden justifies further preventive efforts

    … In Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) this GDP loss would translate to around NZ$2 billion per year. We need robust local data … around £1.5 – 2.7 billion GDP loss for the UK in 2030 from decreased productivity and reallocation of healthcare … researchers conducted a detailed economic analysis of how Long Covid-related reductions in labour supply affected …
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  • “Why not just ban it?” Is it time to consider ending tobacco sales?

    … the use of tobacco. The purpose of such a measure would be to ensure, hasten and sustain the achievement of the goal of … few years time when the tobacco industry would be stopped from selling its lethal and addictive tobacco products. For … tax revenue anyway, governments will need to anticipate how they will manage this reduction, irrespective of a sales …
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  • Is funding Euthanasia a health priority for Aotearoa New Zealand: Part 2?

    … of access for assisted dying without equity of access to palliative care is to completely undermine the goals of the End of Life Choice … Act. The choice is distorted towards aid in dying and away from palliative care. In this blog I will describe the detail …
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  • Science-informed policy: considerations in support of judicious, circumspect changes to Aotearoa/NZ alert levels during the COVID-19 pandemic

    … and the COVID-19 pandemic that make deciding when and how to change the rules regarding lock-down and physical … one of the problems associated with the development of a safe and effective vaccine. Co-infection with other …
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