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  • Antiviral stockpiles for pandemic preparedness: Time for a careful rethink?

    … have contributed to some of the favourable features of the health sector response to this 2009 pandemic ( reviewed here … compared to previous ones. Part of the NZ Ministry of Health’s current planning includes stockpiling of antivirals. … were of no practical benefit for prophylaxis in the community. What is the evidence around likely …
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  • Media release: Increases in speed limits: Unjust and unjustifiable

    … global efforts to improve road safety according to public health experts. The increase in speed limits in New Zealand’s … and others in  the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre . The Government  has based the … design, vehicle design, the environment, the economy, the community and public health interact. Our roads should be …
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  • Might a ‘Coasean’ social contract mitigate overall societal harm from COVID-19?

    … nature of the problem of mitigating the risk of harm to health, welfare and the economy from the COVID-19 pandemic. … payment and potentially be required to pay a risk-adjusted health surcharge. The aim is to improve the effectiveness of intervention to reduce health related harms caused by COVID-19, whilst also reducing …
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  • New Vaping Bill: Some important progress but critical gaps remain

    … products were introduced to the market, the Ministry of Health accepted they could offer a less harmful alternative … and making product-types they favour more difficult to access. However, the Bill has important omissions; it fails … their availability to youth while simultaneously retaining access for people who smoke and offering access to advice on …
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  • Poor ventilation in public transport settings in Aotearoa NZ: New data for buses and trains

    … and other respiratory virus transmission and ensure staff occupational safety. Appropriate ventilation is … by Metlink for the NZ Government “through the Ministry of Health, to develop a common set of indoor air quality … extending the opening time of all doors until the access of the last passenger. [Note by Briefing authors: …
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  • Covid-19: A planetary disease

    … expect continued pandemics, with their consequences for health system overload, human suffering, and economic … appealed in an open letter 4 to the World Health Organization to work for bans and/or regulations of … IHRs. Conclusions The NZ and international public health community is justifiably focused on immediate Covid …
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  • 6 teaspoons of sugar a day helps the diseases stay down, in a most challenging way

    … next big battle in nutrition: SUGAR. Yesterday, the World Health Organization put out their widely anticipated … blog, we review some of the underlying evidence on the health harm of sugar, and then pull back to consider the diet … been updated in a systematic review . Other evidence for health impacts comes from a meta-analysis of sugar and …
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  • Reducing nicotine in smoked tobacco products: A pivotal feature of the Smokefree Aotearoa proposals

    … added sugar and flavourings), in spite of the disastrous health consequences these impose on most users. 5 6 These … only available product, as participants usually still had access to non-VLNCs, and there is evidence of substantial … NZ. NZ’s regulatory framework also ensures relatively easy access to alternative nicotine-delivery products, such as …
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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

    … a policy should be given very serious consideration by health authorities in the transition to level 2.   As … to protect transportation and border control staff. Even if domestic spread is virtually eliminated, the … there is modest evidence to support widespread community use of universal masking, which includes cloth …
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  • What does the 2019/20 NZ Health Survey tell us about progress towards a Smokefree Aotearoa?

    … The latest NZ Health Survey data continues to show encouraging reductions … 10 key points about smoking and vaping from the 2018-19 NZ Health Survey (NZHS). Here we update that analysis with … (data available at: https://minhealthnz.shinyapps.io/nz-health-survey-2019-20-annual-data-explorer/ ). We report …
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