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It’s been 3 years since COVID entered New Zealand – here are 3 ways to improve our response
… the pandemic. However, widespread circulation of Covid-19 from year three of the pandemic is resulting in frequent … associated illness, hospitalisation, death, and disability from long Covid. Available evidence supports a strategy that … for future pandemics and there are multiple lessons from the Covid-19 response. A global strategy of eliminating …
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Covid-19 is finishing the year on a high: We need a vigorous coordinated response
… years. There will also be thousands of people disabled from long Covid during 2023. Drivers of these large waves of … a vigorous national strategy and programme to protect us from Covid-19 and other serious respiratory infections. This … detections (weekly) and new cases in NZ (7-day average), from 01 Jan to 10 Dec 2023. Sources: ESR, 1 MoH 2 Figure 2. …
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Comparing two pandemics: A century apart
… globally. It also emphasises the importance of learning from the past to inform current and future pandemic … in mitigating Covid-19's effects. By extracting lessons from the 1918-19 influenza pandemic, we suggest ways to … New Zealand. Figure 4: Workers at Kōkiri Marae preparing food and sanitation packages for the Lower Hutt and …
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Why are some preventable cancer deaths in Māori and Pacific peoples increasing?
… just published an update on cancer mortality inequalities, from the New Zealand Census Mortality Study (NZCMS) and … 1 For every 100,000 people who identified as Māori, from 2006-11 there were more than 100 ‘excess’ cancer deaths … providing healthy school lunches, constraining junk food marketing and limiting junk food outlets – particularly …
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What’s the right Covid-19 risk to live with – an Australian perspective
… Blog syndicated with permission from “The Pursuit” at Melbourne University, Australia As … will achieve 90 per cent vaccination coverage – so, let’s remove that. Secondly, conversely, it’s not ethical to open … coverage will be at least 60 per cent – so, we can remove the 50 per cent option. Thirdly, tight suppression is …
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Longer-term harm from Covid-19 in children: The evidence suggests greater efforts are needed to protect children in Aotearoa NZ from infection
… of these conditions. In this blog we summarise findings from a rapid review of the evidence. These findings indicate … New Zealand (NZ) with greater efforts to prevent children from being infected during the current Omicron outbreak. … epidemics/pandemics. In the first two, SARS-CoV from 2002 and MERS-CoV from 2012, post-acute effects have …
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Increasing whooping cough cases put pēpi at risk. What can be done about it?
… disease. 4 Tragically, in 2023 three very young pēpi died from pertussis in NZ, 5 despite low rates of recognised … other countries. 8 Immunisation is our best protection from severe pertussis The first four immunisation events … in some areas, they are not yet available NZ-wide. 4. Remove barriers to on-time childhood immunisation Whilst …
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Emphasis on indigenous forests in ETS would benefit public health
… to the review . We touch on the impacts to human health from climate change and then outline the problems for public health from landscapes dominated by monocultural forestry. We … the summer of 2022. 2 Indirect threats include increased food insecurity and amplified problems from the pollution of …
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More than 147km – the transformative potential of the Wellington bike network plan
… in. The cycle network will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transport, improve health through increased physical … to live by reducing traffic and noise. What can we expect from this level of cycle network? About 2.0% of current trips … children more independence to safely get themselves to and from where they need to be. This will help kids become more …
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New study on going smokefree – major economic gains for NZ society with manageable costs for government
… cumulative gain of US$31 billion ($NZ46 billion) by 2050. From a government revenue perspective, increased … both the major health and economic gains to NZ citizens from this smokefree law – it should be favoured by an … of dollars of savings in health system costs for NZ from these type of commercial tobacco endgame approaches have …
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