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  • Can we make better use of a cost-effective anti-cancer vaccine? The case of HPV vaccination in NZ girls

    … In a just published study (and accompanying evaluation summary and media release ), we … a vaccination programme against HPV infection in 2008 [1]. After various catch-up phases, vaccination has been … since 2011. It is offered through schools (in year 8) or through primary care (age 12 to 20 years). Young women …
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  • A 100 years ago today a death ship from NZ arrived in Samoa: A reminder of NZ’s responsibilities to its South Pacific neighbours

    … the influenza pandemic from NZ to Western Samoa, Tonga, and Fiji. Thanks to the Rt Hon Helen Clark, there has been an … of the 1918 influenza pandemic in the Pacific region [1], reported that: “In November 1918, the tramp steamer SS … of novel pathogens which could be released accidentally or deliberately as bioterrorist weapons [10]. What should the …
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  • Glass half full: Alcohol’s health benefits for cardiovascular disease still controversial, and likely vary by context

    … understanding of a ‘J-shape’ association of alcohol and death rates. Then we look at a recent (and likely … net effect of alcohol consumption on population health, or death rates here, depends also on how the population is … use was estimated to have also prevented 15,400 DALYs (1.6%) through its protective effect against: coronary heart …
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  • (Un)licensed to kill: do we need to regulate how tobacco is sold?

    … supply policies (both published in the NZ Medical Journal, 1 April 2016). This blog overviews the findings in both articles and explains how stronger tobacco supply policies would … availability of a drug, we increase its ‘full cost’, or the time and effort required to obtain it, thus …
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  • Why do so many fear the bicycle?

    … (the bike is shunted, literally, to the side of the road), and how this might be changed.   “It is too dangerous” is the … 2013). About half of New Zealand households own one or more bikes in good working condition, and most trips in the city are relatively short, but only 1-2% of those trips are made by bike (Ministry of Transport …
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  • Weekly deaths declined in NZ’s lockdown – but we still don’t know exactly why

    … NZ up to 8 June 2020 (the first 23 weeks into the year) and made comparisons with the three previous years. … Preliminary data on weekly deaths were from Statistics NZ [1]. The data suggest 548 fewer deaths in NZ for this 23-week … higher than in 2019 for the first two months of the year and then dropped below those of 2019 – particularly near the …
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  • Vaping very likely to be improving health in NZ – but how does this compare with other options?

    … 10% per annum tobacco tax increases per year for 15 years, or a national colorectal cancer screening programme. … – as NZ is doing. In this blog we discuss this new study and issues that policy-makers should consider to maximise the … (in a top epidemiological methods journal: Epidemiology [1]) took into account the various benefits of vaping (eg, the …
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  • Wellbeing in public housing vs. private rentals: Quality and security make the difference

    … Many of these households include children whose current and future wellbeing is likely to be impaired by living in … For instance, using GSS data,  Anastasiadis et al 1  show that after public housing placement, tenants … result may be due to lower rents in HA accommodation and/or to “a sense of stability offered by HA homes”. Other …
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  • Action needed to halt New Zealand’s obesity epidemic: Themes from Big Food Symposium

    … International and national public health experts and delegates met on … the next decade (compared to a NZ without any overweight or obesity). These preventable costs are a mix of costs to … estimated the annual cost of obesity to be $847 million.(1) Given the 2% increase in obesity since this time,(2) it …
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  • Care coordination for cancer cost-effective

    … Government’s 2012 Budget included $33 million for “better and faster” services for cancer patients, of which $16 … nurses.  This all seems sensible, in that the i mmediate and net cost of cancer care coordinators may be negligible – … good survival already (e.g. early stage breast cancer), or very poor survival with little treatment effectiveness …
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