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  • The case for denicotinising tobacco in Aotearoa NZ remains strong: response to online critique

    … would likely profoundly reduce smoking prevalence and health inequities. The key criticism – that we relied mainly … policy to dramatically lower smoking prevalence and reduce health loss and inequalities when implemented in the … University of Otago and Indigenous authors from A/NZ and Australia, included slightly updated modelling based on a …
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  • When can COVID-19 be Declared Eliminated from NZ? New Modelling Study

    … 44 days. So now the country urgently needs the Ministry of Health to provide an official definition of elimination and … the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic virus that causes COVID-19. 1 In Australia, such a goal has been discussed as a potential … incoming travellers in NZ). Furthermore, the Ministry of Health defines a cluster of COVID-19 cases as “closed” when …
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  • How to Systematically Reduce the Border Failure Risk for COVID-19 in Aotearoa/NZ

    … it is an excellent time for a systematic review by NZ health authorities to identify optimal methods for reducing … potential specific steps for further risk reduction that health authorities could consider. Table 1: Framework for … 16 but it still seems relatively slow compared to work in Australia where this surveillance system is already in use. …
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  • Reducing waiting times for cataract surgery is good value-for-money for falls prevention

    … good progress on reducing falls in hospitals through the Health Quality and Safety Commission’s ‘Reducing harm from … that we modelled was provision of cataract surgery by private providers, immediately following diagnosis, paid for … in their own facilities or making greater use of the private sector (potentially with larger bulk purchase …
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  • Is it time to pilot a test and treat programme for reducing the stomach cancer burden and inequalities in NZ?

    … 50%+ in Māori men and 71%+ in Pacific men. The World Health Organization recommends all countries consider … yet little has been done toward this goal in NZ. The NZ health system needs to consider the value of adding H. pylori screening to existing health services, and to do so, H. pylori screening should be …
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  • Bowel cancer screening – An interesting new US study and thoughts about the NZ situation

    … current NZ context for bowel cancer screening.   The US health system is renowned for doing things fully – many would … A recent review of screening programmes , by public health practitioners, cast out the majority of screening programmes we embark upon in health as of marginal benefit and/or cost-effectiveness. The …
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  • The cost burden of excess weight in New Zealand: Sizing up a new report

    … The latest New Zealand Health Survey results show a substantial up-tick in both … obesity prevalence has increased substantially, as have health care costs and population size, so it is very valuable … study on the costs of overweight and obesity included Australia and a simple trans-Tasman calculation on a per …
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  • Progress toward Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 – how might tobacco retail restrictions contribute?

    … We have just published research on the health gains and cost-savings from various legally mandated … endgame goals. Many studies in the ‘neighbourhoods and health’ research stream have estimated the health effects of access to features of the built …
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  • Housing and urban regeneration in Aotearoa New Zealand

    … housing deprivation often experience further debilitating health consequences, with impacts on their education and … is needed for effective collaboration across government, private and community agencies.  The planning, design and … affordable housing, which is under-provided by the private market. Research that evaluates the implementation of …
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  • Urgently upgrading NZ’s Covid-19 response

    … rapidly vaccinating all remaining border and frontline health workers, ensuring that all New Zealanders are able to … the vaccine rollout (especially for border and frontline health workers), Ensuring that New Zealanders are able to … transmission risk is low but non-zero, for example when Australia is experiencing outbreaks and the Trans-Tasman …
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