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  • NZ Health Strategy Consultation Draft – are the big prevention programmes really in there?

    … to health in Aotearoa NZ. The draft Strategy has many strong aspects, but by having a ‘people centred’ approach it gravitates to IT systems and … bits in this Draft Strategy. It should, and does, consider how to embrace and maximise use of IT systems, smart …
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  • Intensifying Covid-19 Control Measures: 5 Measures for Faster Elimination and 5 Measures to Prevent Future outbreaks

    … for accelerated efforts to ensure more rapid elimination of community transmission. In this blog we look at five … of essential workers in large workplaces, testing of people visiting supermarkets, and testing of all attendees … Auckland (both total numbers and per workplace). There are many workplaces operating in Auckland at Alert Level 4 that …
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  • The growing burden of dementia in Aotearoa: Scope for prevention

    … As Aotearoa New Zealand's population ages, the number of people living with dementia is expected to double in the … immediate dementia risk is deemed to be low.  Furthermore, many risk factors are associated with other chronic disease …
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  • World moving forward on the smokefree generation - Aotearoa NZ goes backwards

    … Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Act. Designed to help people quit smoking and deter smoking uptake, this … the R18 law currently in place in NZ, which prohibit sale of tobacco products to anyone aged under 18. Instead, the SFG … Party Rishi Sunak drew on this reasoning to explain how the measure would create a healthier future for children: …
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  • Cyclone Gabrielle joins list of Aotearoa NZ’s ‘sudden mass fatality events’

    … the deaths caused by Cyclone Gabrielle in the context of previous 'sudden mass fatality events' in Aotearoa New … forestry slash, and making cities ‘spongier’. Eleven people tragically died in the flooding from Cyclone … in the context of these other events, and reflect on how we, as a country, might avoid the list getting longer. …
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  • Likely rise in invasive strep infections in NZ requires a strategy

    … Summary Group A streptococcus (GAS) is a common cause of sore throats and skin infections in children. In rare … or wound secretions or respiratory droplets. While some people carry the bacteria in the throat with no symptoms, GAS … surveillance and control iGAS is a notifiable condition in many countries. NZ needs to plan for an increase in iGAS but …
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  • Severe weather events linked to outbreaks of crypto in Aotearoa – New study

    … into the link between severe weather events and clusters of the gastrointestinal disease cryptosporidiosis in Aotearoa … In NZ, Cryptosporidium  infections (cryptosporidiosis) in people have been linked to rainfall 2-4 and temperature. 2 3 … events with increased rainfall in the 21 days before each of the significant detected clusters.  We found that …
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  • Taxing sugary drinks: Empirical findings out of Mexico

    … highly anticipated purchasing data examining the impact of taxing sugar sweetened beverages (SSB) in Mexico (1). This … implementation. In this blog we examine this latest study, how it fits in with existing evidence, and how these results … as would be expected given the evidence that lower income people are more price sensitive (see blogs from 2013 and 2014 …
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  • Highly variable cost-effectiveness with disease characteristics and age: Herceptin as a Case Study

    … demands. Even more challenging given that there are real people at the receiving end of such important decisions, and … as a starting-point, we chose to ask a deeper question: how does the cost-effectiveness of Herceptin vary by type … We used Herceptin as an example here, but it could be many other types of drug or health intervention. We used …
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  • Engaging online simulator of measles outbreaks (& how NZ needs to do better in eliminating measles)

    … We comment on why this simulator is informative and how it also demonstrates chance effects in the spread of … immunity issue is why health authorities may encourage people to be vaccinated both to protect themselves and to … Immunisation coverage has improved in the last decade, but many children are still not reached. Full coverage at five …
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