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  • The changing COVID-19 situation in Taiwan – what can NZ learn from Taiwan’s latest outbreak?

    … variants. We therefore recommend a range of short-term and long-term upgrades to NZ’s pandemic defences that we believe … COVID-19 cases since April 2020, ending a remarkably long period of no community transmission. Since then, Taiwan … outbreaks arising from quarantine-free travel. In the long term: Consider establishing a CDC with the authority to …
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  • A preventable measles epidemic: Lessons for reforming public health in NZ

    … last 40 years. It can be linked to the problems created by long-term erosion and fragmentation of national public health … public health agency can help to ensure that medium to long term prevention goals remain a high priority and don’t … measles, improve our health security, and manage other long-term public health challenges.   … A preventable measles …
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  • Improving ventilation in schools: a key protection against Covid-19 outbreaks and an enduring legacy for healthier learning

    … services. 4 There are also growing concerns about long-term effects of Covid-19 illness on children, including … review . The virus can remain suspended in the air for long periods before being inhaled into the airways, … ventilation. Viral spread is enhanced when people spend a long time in such spaces, and especially when they are …
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  • Making the most of masks

    … health and economic impact of COVID-19, regardless of the long-term strategy we use against the pandemic. These … Inflammatory Syndrome of Children (MIS-C) [29] and “long-haul” symptoms that can leave a child with long-lasting symptoms like fatigue, breathlessness, and …
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  • Public Health Solutions Series: Achieving a Smokefree Aotearoa

    … measure in the Smokefree Bill, as its impact will be more long term.   This blog is part of the Public Health Solutions … people will also be much less likely to become addicted long-term smokers.   In the EASE study three quarters of …
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  • Smokefree Laws: Reducing tobacco outlets will decrease crime

    … evidence to support those “concerns”. What is the evidence Mr Luxon and Dr Reti should have considered? In fact, … show that most ram raids do not target tobacco products. Mr Luxon and Dr Reti  need to explain why they propose acting … any incentive to target these products in burglaries. Mr Luxon and Dr Reti have failed to provide any evidence that …
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  • Proposed vaping regulations for NZ: Strengths and limitations

    … Minister Jenny Salesa announced the Government’s long-awaited Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products … harmful than smoking, it is not risk-free, there is no long-term safety profile for vaping, and vape products …
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  • Dementia: Update on causes and prevention, including the role of COVID-19

    … family, societal, and economic consequences. This long-read blog details how, although treatment is currently … “chemo-brain” is a common symptom of long COVID [ 30,31] . Second, a variety of other psychologic … and neurologic symptoms and signs are common in long COVID [ 32-34] . Third, in a study that took advantage …
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  • Regulating vaping and new nicotine products: Are tobacco companies’ goals aligned with public health objectives?

    … will soon have the opportunity to make submissions on the long-awaited Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products … evidence that suggests these products could have similar long-term health effects to smoked tobacco.[5-8] Figure 4. …
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  • Are we ready to eliminate invasive meningococcal disease in Aotearoa New Zealand?

    … evidence 5 suggests that 10-20% of survivors experience long-term complications that include limb amputation, hearing … Unsurprisingly, caregivers also experience significant and long-term impacts on their quality of life. 5 IMD case … dynamics of carriage in NZ; and An investigation of the long-term impacts of IMD on survivors and whānau to inform …
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