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  • Communicating public health evidence: Two highly productive years for the PHCC

    … the Public Health Expert Briefing are established sources of science-based commentary in Aotearoa New Zealand. We have … built on our successful first year with increasing numbers of Briefing articles, contributing authors, subscriber … 18 The PHCC will work to maintain and increase that trust. What this Briefing adds Briefing articles have covered a wide …
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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 … as an imposed constraint by road-controlling authorities. What this Briefing adds The   Land Transport Rule: Setting of …
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  • What we would like to see on the Ministry of Health’s website to better inform progress on COVID-19 elimination

    … In this blog we analyse data from the Ministry of Health’s COVID-19 website and display a key graph that we … to NZ (with these being in isolation until recovery) Does not impact on elimination status         Cases linked to … before deciding whether they are ‘true’ cases.   … What we would like to see on the Ministry of Health’s website …
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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 … start with the basics: in the context of health outcomes, what does equity really mean?  You may have noticed that so far in …
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  • Reducing nicotine in smoked tobacco products: A pivotal feature of the Smokefree Aotearoa proposals

    … has invited submissions on its proposals. This blog is one of a series examining key aspects of the plan to help inform … to help achieve the proposed Smokefree 2025 goal. 4 What are the arguments and evidence in support of this … in smoking prevalence and associated health inequities. What is the likely impact of a VLNC policy? Modelling studies …
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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 … also need to be statistical and epidemiological advice on what level of confidence (eg, 95% or 99%) might be required …
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  • Urgent measures needed to allow the safe re-opening of Auckland schools

    … In this blog we describe the range of urgent measures that are needed to facilitate a safe return to schools in Auckland and other regions of the country where there is ongoing community transmission of COVID-19. These include very high vaccination coverage of …
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  • The Omicron waves – Comparing Aotearoa NZ and Australia in four key graphs

    … when examining the Auckland region compared with the rest of NZ, Auckland’s experience of the first Omicron wave is … hospitalisation rate. We recommend that the NZ Government does more to prepare for a possible second Omicron wave (as … transmission first reported in mid-January 2022 . What followed in both countries after the more highly …
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  • Five Potential Enhancements of Covid-19 Outbreak Control in Aotearoa NZ

    … Successful control of the current Covid-19 outbreak in NZ is looking feasible … of community testing and wastewater testing). In essence what is being proposed here is the way that internal state … for the Alert Level 4 situation [3]. But this policy does not go far enough and it should ideally include mask use …
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  • The long shadow of war on the health of military personnel

    … This blog post looks at a recently published study of the lifespan of NZ soldiers who participated in the First World War. It then asks more broadly what is known about the longer term health outcomes for … veterans where an appropriate comparison group is used. So what is known about long-term health impacts of combat …
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