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  • The long-term health burden of COVID-19: further justification for NZ’s elimination strategy

    … the Guardian reported on a current study of individuals at St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney, where 94 apparently … for a NZ study). It may be relevant that a study of 78 medical personnel over 15 years showed that SARS-CoV-1 (the … perhaps chest pain and dyspnoea.   * Prof John D. Potter, Centre for Public Health Research, Massey University, …
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  • Antiviral stockpiles for pandemic preparedness: Time for a careful rethink?

    … response to this 2009 pandemic ( reviewed here in the NZ Medical Journal ) – albeit a relatively mild pandemic … have been included in the last two issues of the British Medical Journal – and might continue for some time yet. There …
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  • NZ’s Environmental Protection Authority in a muddle over weed killer

    … toxicologist and formerly Director of the National Poisons Centre, and published in August 2016 [4]. The aim of the EPA … toxicology and cancer biology.” Prof Alistair Woodward  - Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of … Auckland Ass Prof Andrea t’Mannetje - Massey University’s Centre for Public Health Research (CPHR). Dr Dave McLean …
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  • Testing for COVID-19 in NZ to achieve the elimination goal

    … pandemic (as some of us just recently detailed in a NZ Medical Journal Editorial [1]). We have been fortunate in … only a small fraction of cases of COVID-19 will come to medical attention in either primary care or as hospital …
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  • A preventable measles epidemic: Lessons for reforming public health in NZ

    … delivery was contracted to the Immunisation Advisory Centre (IMAC) at the University of Auckland, Adverse event monitoring was operated by the Centre for Adverse Reactions Monitoring (CARM) at the … reference testing from the ESR national surveillance centre. This fragmentation of roles and a general decline in …
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  • The race to be the first place in Aotearoa to be smokefree

    … changeover of the Quitline from the Quit Group to Homecare Medical. Current ‘realignment’ activity appears unlikely to … 2012/13, key WDC city outdoor spaces such as the Aquatic Centre, Te Manawa The Hub, Central City Car Park, Clapham’s … most in adopting smokefree policies since 2013 for some centre city streets, and for the seating on those streets. …
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  • Mobile phone use while driving: Do we need smartcars that turn off smartphones?

    … use of hand-held phones while driving. In last Friday’s NZ Medical Journal (PDF available on request) we summarise the … to be explored, including ones that we canvas in the NZ Medical Journal piece. One of these options could be a …
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  • Proposed Emissions Reduction Plan: A weak response to a weak target

    … of Otago Wellington, and Public Health Communication Centre Marnie Prickett ,  Department of Public Health, … of Otago Wellington, and Public Health Communication Centre Dr John Kerr , Science Lead, Public Health Communication Centre, and Department of Public Health, University of Otago …
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  • New Vaping Bill: Some important progress but critical gaps remain

    … operate within 300m of any school, kura or early childhood centre. Alongside stronger proximity measures, density … Prof Janet Hoek , Co-Director of ASPIRE Aotearoa Research Centre, and Department of Public Health, Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka … of Otago  Dr Jude Ball , ASPIRE Aotearoa Research Centre, and Department of Public Health, Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka …
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  • More courage needed from our political parties—reviewing our election series

    … good policy solutions. 1 The Public Health Communication Centre’s main aim is to help provide that evidence to … policy in the lead-up to the election.   The Science Media Centre has conducted an election Q&A with political parties. … Nick Wilson , are all from the Public Health Communication Centre, and the Department of Public Health, University of …
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