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  • Possible strategic approaches to achieve the NZ Government’s Smokefree 2025 goal

    … trends in smoking prevalence, and the potential roles of interventions such as higher regular tobacco tax increases … three major strategic options. It is assumed that each of these options also includes continuing 10% per annum … Non-Māori Men Non-Māori Women Māori Men Māori Women Total Year when <5% prevalence reached for adult population No …
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  • Lessons from jurisdictions that are battling their own Delta variant outbreaks

    … on average, a Delta case may infect between 5 to 7 other people (much higher than the original strain R o =2.79 [3] or … the Delta variant has a higher reproduction number than many other viral infections such as influenza (R o =1-3) or … ‘aggressive suppression’ COVID-19 strategy going forward . How are other jurisdictions responding to Delta? Taiwan was …
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  • A pandemic that won’t go away – as Covid enters its 5th year, NZ needs a realistic strategy

    … Covid-19 was  first reported  in Aotearoa New Zealand. Many of us are probably surprised this virus is still causing … swept through New Zealand  in eight weeks, killing 9,000 people – almost 1% of the population. 1 Then it was largely … as a new seasonal flu virus. In doing so, it defined how pandemics were expected to behave. This model was written …
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  • Evidence for free school lunches: The bigger picture benefits

    …   Summary Associate Minister of Education, David Seymour, has claimed there is no evidence … health factors among others – estimated a return of £6 for each £1 (NZ12.50 for each NZ$2.00) invested in the programme … at the school and they run the programme at all schools. Many have differential charges where the wealthy parents pay …
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  • Is Keytruda for advanced melanoma cost-effective? Applying the BODE3 rapid cost effectiveness calculator

    … with advanced melanoma. The evidence base consists of trials published in the major journals: NEJM , Lancet and … “cost-effective”? Should we fund it? This all depends on how much funding is available to reallocate in a given year, … cost-effectiveness can vary enormously by age, as older people have less to gain because of higher competing …
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  • Taxing tobacco in NZ: What we know and what could be next

    … A series of seven annual tobacco tax increases, typically at the 10% … cancer), and from disability (e.g., strokes can prevent people returning to work). Further benefits will come from … (via triggering less media and public discourse around each increase). But less frequent but larger increases have …
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  • Alcohol-related harms now available on demand

    … Summary Alcohol is one of the major causes of health loss in Aotearoa NZ. It is now available at people's fingertips through online on-demand delivery – … process requiring that they show their procedures and how these will be followed. Another proposal is to tighten …
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  • We need to talk about breast cancer screening (part 2)

    … However it is good that this debate is happening. People care passionately about screening and about the … and understanding at a specific point in time. As with many healthcare issues, more evidence becomes available, … are two issues here; which information to present and how to present it. Firstly, what information should we use? …
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  • Ethnic inequalities in mortality in NZ and how to reduce them further

    … further address these inequalities, NZ policy-makers have many options, ranging from equalising socio-economic factors … Other recent research highlights the overall importance of inequalities to health, with a meta-analysis reporting … services. … Ethnic inequalities in mortality in NZ and how to reduce them further …
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  • Eliminate the pandemic virus causing COVID-19 or risk an animal reservoir

    … a community that rapidly grasped what was at stake and how to deal with it, New Zealand went into a phased approach … around the potential of SARS-CoV-2 in sewage from people in isolation facilities posing any risk to marine mammals. For many other countries – especially those with chaotic …
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