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Testing for COVID-19 in NZ to achieve the elimination goal
… testing to both identify cases in the community as part of the COVID-19 elimination strategy, and to confirm when the … continue testing symptomatic people, with the sensitivity of case detection expanded by steadily broadening the case … to assess the elimination goal could involve testing of higher-risk exposed groups, potentially using pooled …
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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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The case for a NZ-Australia Pandemic Cooperation Agreement
… on pandemic cooperation could be the starting point of such a regional approach. Potential benefits include: … emerging disease surveillance and diagnostic test development Early detection of emerging pandemics enables a … (e.g., WHO recommendations), both nations could face criticism or reputation loss from the international community …
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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 … coronavirus contact tracing app on 19 June 2020. 13 The development of centralised contact tracing methods progressed …
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Putin and the Bomb: Why New Zealand national risk assessments should include planning for the potential impacts of nuclear winter
… blog we briefly review the literature on the probability of nuclear war and what various models estimate to be the … Agricultural adaptation including winter hardy crops Development of alternative resilient food systems which do … consistent with the recent UN framework for ‘risk informed sustainable development’ (UNDRR, 2021). The Royal Society of …
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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 … health policy experts, and even politicians. The all-of-population approach has failed for more than a century to … in the Second World War under Māori leadership; 28 the development of Kohanga Reo and Kura Kaupapa in the 1970’s and …
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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 … reviews. Three major directions are indicated: 1. Development of an alcohol sponsorship replacement model, …
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How to Systematically Reduce the Border Failure Risk for COVID-19 in Aotearoa/NZ
… to identify optimal methods for reducing the risk of future COVID-19 outbreaks in Aotearoa/NZ. The persisting occurrence of cross-border incursions of the pandemic virus (five since 1 August, including a large …
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Good firearms law needs multiple defensive layers: The Swiss cheese model
… Summary The Ministry of Justice has released a discussion document for the rewrite of the Arms Act 1983. The discussion document sets out a series of questions on almost every element of the Arms Act but …
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Where do the parties stand? Protecting water sources and drinking water quality
… contaminants in the water. Furthermore, more than 80% of New Zealanders consider the state of our water to be their main environmental concern. With … lack of a cohesive, confident vision for moving to more sustainable, healthy land use. Primary risks to drinking …
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