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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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  • We need rapid progress on digital solutions to help eliminate COVID-19 from New Zealand

    …   In this blog we discuss some of the emerging technologies New Zealand could adopt to … success depends on their ability to identify individual people for legally enforceable control measures such as … have developed a symptom tracking app that prompts users each day to record any symptoms and general wellbeing (14). …
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  • The COVID-19 house fire and the unbearable silence of fire alarms

    … as a virus of significant concern. The world saw in 2003 how SARS coronaviruses can behave. Surely there was a strong … WeChat, or sidebar news stories) is not enough to compel people to act. This is especially true in a crowded world … a virus that causes fewer than 1% of those infected to die and one that causes 10%, 20%, 50% or more to die. Higher …
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  • The strong case for mask requirements in public transportation and border control settings in NZ’s current COVID-19 pandemic context

    … SARS-CoV-2 control is becoming increasingly compelling and many countries are adding masking policies to their pandemic … SARS-CoV-2 is highly infectious, with a large proportion of asymptomatic (including pre-symptomatic) transmission, … countries. Insights from behavioural science suggests that people perceive an action as correct if they observe others …
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  • Wellbeing in public housing vs. private rentals: Quality and security make the difference

    … Aotearoa NZ are assessed as being in serious housing need. Many of these households include children whose current and … provision of public housing can improve the wellbeing of people currently in private tenancies. Public housing is, on … based on a specially commissioned survey, investigates how tenure status and housing and neighbourhood quality …
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  • The case for lowering salt levels in processed foods is now even stronger – new research

    … and high sodium intake were associated with higher risk of death. But new research suggests that low sodium intakes … direct linear relationship with mortality – the more salt people eat, the higher their risk of death. However, the … plate in terms of proposed health sector changes (and in many other domains). But there is huge potential for health …
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