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  • Aotearoa’s first case of highly pathogenic avian influenza: Heightened awareness and surveillance essential for early detection

    … influenza (HPAI) virus infection on a free-range egg farm in December 2024. The subtype, H7N6, is distinct from the … globally circulating HPAI H5N1 subclade 2.3.4.4b, which, to date, has never been detected in New Zealand. Biosecurity controls have been imposed to contain the outbreak, restricting the movement of birds, …
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  • Progress on reducing retail availability of sugary drinks in NZ

    … New Zealand has made some progress in removing the sale of sugary drinks from hospitals and schools. In this blog we look at such successes to date and consider what could be done to further reduce availability of these products which are …
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  • Can CT screening for lung cancer in New Zealand be cost-effective?

    … lung cancer mortality. So why aren’t countries rushing to introduce a screening programme? Because there is still doubt about its cost-effectiveness. In this blog, we discuss the uncertainties and suggest a way … at a late stage, when the disease is advanced, has spread to other parts of the body, and is that much harder to treat. …
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  • Five years on, Covid-19 remains NZ’s most important infectious disease – it still demands a strong response

    … of widespread transmission with mitigation measures aiming to reduce the harms to population health. Although … and Pacific peoples face disproportionate impacts, and Long Covid is an increasing health and economic burden. … response that draws on the rich evidence we now have of how to minimise the harms of respiratory infections and the …
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  • Only eight more years to go to 2025: Time for the NZ Government to step up its tobacco endgame

    … We have eight more years to go until 2025 – the year of the NZ Government’s Smokefree … on track to achieve this goal, especially not for Māori. In this blog we discuss the findings of our just published … there is still no detailed government strategy in place of how the 2025 goal is to be achieved. The development of such …
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  • Will regular tobacco tax increases get NZ to the tobacco endgame?

    … role of increasing tobacco tax for achieving an end to the tobacco epidemic in NZ. The bottom line is that tax … of alternatives (such as e-cigarettes); (iii) and how the price elasticity of tobacco might change when prices … e-cigarettes as a temporary transition product that has no long-term future. Explore options around phasing down the …
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  • New standardised packaging regulations: Some good steps, but many missed opportunities

    … Australia’s legislation , but they also miss opportunities to recognise tobacco industry innovations. This blog … benchmark and why these are important, but also examines how the regulations could have gone further and suggests … policies. Plain (or standardised) packaging has been in place in Australia since late 2012, and early evaluations …
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  • What will it take to get to under 5% smoking prevalence 2025? Lots of cessation.

    … New Zealand contingent at the Smokefree Oceania Conference in Auckland next week.  But what would it take in the way of … (or initiation), and/or increases in cessation rates, to achieve this goal? We try to answer this question in a … far reaching, and markedly drive up cessation How can we do it? One possibility comes from work from the …
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  • Preventing falls can be very cost-effective in NZ – New study

    … just published a modelling study on exercise programmes in NZ to prevent falls in older people. This work suggests that … showed similar health gains and cost-effectiveness. How does these results compare with other interventions? …
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  • How can we address tobacco companies’ manipulation of cigarette prices?

    … Governments around the world have used this knowledge to implement tobacco excise taxes, which raise the price of … brand variants, and by manipulating excise tax increases in their brand pricing. In this blog, we discuss the findings … a period of sustained excise tax increases , and explain how minimum pricing could help prevent tobacco companies from …
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