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  • Vaccination is often cost-effective but not (currently) HPV vaccination for boys in NZ

    … – which is often, but not always, a good use of limited health sector resources.   Similar to many developed … the benefits of HPV vaccination on a wide range of future health outcomes (i.e., cervical cancer, pre-cancer (CIN I to … of the HPV vaccine to prevent multiple cancer types in information materials and communication around HPV …
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  • Nine things New Zealand must do to tackle the child obesity crisis

    … countries as well as senior representatives from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture … support Set population intake targets Assess public health impacts of food and non-food policies Provide … unhealthy foods carrying health claims providing nutrition information panels on packaged foods transparency in policy …
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  • Five lessons for Aotearoa NZ from the current COVID-19 outbreak in New South Wales

    … lockdown restrictions were criticised by some public health experts as not being strict enough to control the … in NSW and NZ up to 11 August 2021 ( 12-14 )   Table 1. Health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic (confirmed and … in NSW. Lesson 1: NZ needs to continually improve border management to prevent COVID-19 entry into NZ , particularly …
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  • Are we ready to eliminate invasive meningococcal disease in Aotearoa New Zealand?

    … communities will be essential to address mistrust in the health system that has hampered rollout of other vaccines. 8 … disease is spread by respiratory transmission. Public health and social measures used to control transmission of … elimination programme. Need to know more? KidsHealth  -  Information for parents and carers on what to look for and …
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  • A fat week – debates about saturated fat that will not go away

    … a documentary supposedly debunking the science on the association of saturated fat with cardiovascular disease. One … that diet and the association of saturated fat with health is not complex, not nuanced, and does not vary over … disease and stroke.  But the effect of saturated fat on health will vary by things like: the ratio of polyunsaturated …
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  • Five actions to support New Zealand’s Covid-19 response, with a focus on Auckland

    … achieve the levels of vaccine coverage needed to limit the health and social harm caused by the current pandemic. … age groups including rangatahi, Māori and Pacific public health leaders, church leaders, gang leaders), key agencies … test at the time of crossing. The importance of careful management of this border is shown by such cases as a truck …
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  • “100% Pure” – Public Health Goal Setting

    … to achieve the “100% level” with certain threats to public health – for example, by achieving Smokefree New Zealand by 2025. This blog suggests public health goals worth aiming for, through 100% elimination of a … visionary thinking by Kiwi political leaders For further information: Wilson N, Baker MG. Celebrating 50 years of …
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  • Shifting all isolation/quarantine facilities to a single air force base: The need for a critical analysis

    … involve outbreaks in NZ’s largest cities with large health and economic impacts. The main disadvantage would be … recovery. There is therefore a need for an integrated health and economic analysis with the NZ Government being … a very much smaller city than Auckland. As such, the health and economic impact of any restrictions required to …
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  • A National risks assessment should include pandemics and other global catastrophes

    … government, and the media A drive to provide public information and foster community empowerment and engagement … System (however that looks) or by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). We have articulated these concerns … League Table allows comparison across NZ and Australia health sector interventions. When using similar methodology …
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  • Good news on declining smoking rates, especially for Māori. Is it credible? What next?

    … generally fit with other evidence and are good news for health in NZ. And late today Tariana Turia has announced that … also some consistency with declines measured in national health surveys, though these have shown more limited … interval 18.5% to 20.3%)  in the 2006/07 New Zealand Health Survey to 17.8% (16.8% to 18.7%) in the 2011/12 …
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