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  • Monitoring and forecasting the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand including the successful impact of the lockdown

    … our modelling approach to estimating the transmissibility of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the cause of the COVID-19 pandemic. We demonstrate the usefulness of the Wallinga model for the calculation of the effective …
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  • Children and young people and COVID-19: The urgent need for improved guidance in NZ

    … we consider the ‘Auckland August cluster’ in the light of the changing landscape of international evidence about COVID-19 risk for children … in the OECD, NZ still has ongoing incidence of rheumatic heart disease, a preventable and life-limiting …
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  • Potential impact of an Omicron outbreak: A look at the IHME modelling for NZ

    … In this blog we summarise the results of modelling for an Omicron variant outbreak of Covid-19 in NZ by the Institute of Health Metrics and … the likely impact of an Omicron outbreak in NZ if a border failure occurs? In this blog we look at the results of …
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  • Increases in speed limits: Unjust and unjustifiable

    … speed limit increases in the Land Transport Rule: Setting of Speed Limits 2024. The Rule will raise speed limits around … terms.  The Rule disregards broader public health impacts of increased speed limits, such as discouraging active … while vulnerable road users like children bear the brunt of increased risk.  When it comes to speed limits, we need a …
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  • Regulation of alcohol marketing is needed to meet health, wellbeing and equity goals

    … Authority (ASA) has just released the report on its review of their Code for Advertising and Promotion of Alcohol. The ASA is an industry body which develops the … in the local environment and in digital media, 3. The failure of self-regulation, 4. Our failure to afford Māori …
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  • Breaking the inequity loop

    … ourselves.  That means more Māori across all aspects of health: not just doctors, nurses and other clinical … disease, including cardiac arrhythmia, congestive heart failure and hypertension; 9-11 More likely to suffer a stroke …
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  • Are we ready to eliminate invasive meningococcal disease in Aotearoa New Zealand?

    … and young adults, and each case has a significant risk of death and permanent disability such as limb amputation. … Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) has experienced high rates of IMD for the last 30 years, but recent international and … we may finally have an opportunity to be permanently free of this disease. In this Briefing we consider the …
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  • Tax policy reform: equity, fairness, and health

    … public services  to deal effectively with a daunting range of economic, social, health and climate change crises . Our tax system does not regard wealth as a source of revenue: we do not tax assets, inheritances, or gifts … Māori, had multiple long-term health conditions (eg, both heart & diabetes), compared with 1.6% of the European/other …
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  • Running into Trouble: COVID-19 in Japan during the Tokyo Olympics

    … Here we consider the many public health implications of the decision to hold the Olympic and Paralympic Games in the middle of a global pandemic. These impacts include direct effects on … businesses that remained open were not penalised for their failure to comply. 7 While the lockdown guidelines were …
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  • Dropping the ball on measles? Aotearoa must close an ‘immunity gap’ to avoid a measles epidemic

    … Summary The number of children susceptible to measles in Aotearoa New Zealand … those aged 15 months to 9 years without documented receipt of two doses of MMR vaccine. Priority should be given to existing …
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