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  • Urgent action needed to prevent a measles epidemic in Aotearoa New Zealand

    … Urgent action in the absence of widespread disease can be a difficult sell. But responding to an outbreak will cost … risk of importing measles – All travellers to NZ should be routinely asked to check their measles vaccine status and … if susceptible. New Zealanders travelling overseas should be given similar advice. A range of other measures are …
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  • Housing and urban regeneration in Aotearoa New Zealand

    … and other infrastructure networks. The housing market can be unforgiving, particularly for those who face multiple … system of prioritising tenants for public housing needs to be streamlined. This briefing identifies critical policy … and friends can comfortably visit, where children can be brought up in stable surroundings and older people can …
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  • Preparing for Omicron: A proactive Government response is urgently needed to minimise harms

    … severe illness than Delta, but overall it should still not be considered a mild infection . This Omicron variant is also … pandemic waves, mainly driven by Omicron, now appear to be peaking in NSW and Victoria . They are also showing that … a higher chance of delaying the entry of Omicron, it will be necessary to greatly reduce the number of infected …
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  • Preventing outbreaks of COVID-19 in NZ associated with air travel from Australia: New Modelling study of alternatives to quarantine

    … approach is chosen, careful management and evaluation will be needed.   NZ is one of the few countries that has … to achieve this [1]. Some Australian states may also be approaching elimination status, but for Australia as a whole, elimination might not be achievable and the country could persist with a …
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  • Vaccination is often cost-effective but not (currently) HPV vaccination for boys in NZ

    … coverage as currently achieved for girls) would not be cost-effective (at NZ$117,500 per QALY gained, 95% … as per the current Australian programme) would always be a better investment. Vaccination of boys, after achieving … per QALY gained. And if we did this, there would be the likely opportunity cost of not funding interventions …
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  • Mounting complexities in the dietary salt & health relationship

    … and policy agenda from here. Our interpretation should be treated as preliminary on what may be an important study; therefore, we welcome and encourage … factor of a “diet high in sodium” has been estimated to be one of the top two dietary risk factors for disease burden …
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  • Five key reasons why NZ should have an official inquiry into the response to the COVID-19 pandemic

    … 1 and succeeding by achieving it. As such, it appears to be able to return to a “new normal” level of economic … ongoing pandemic threat, such an inquiry could probably be split into two phases: A rapid 1-2 month process that … of the pandemic. The policy development process would also be relevant, notably content of the Health and Disability …
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  • Taxes on fizzy drinks in NZ: preventing premature deaths and raising funds for health

    … marketing and price (i.e. taxes and subsidies) will be some of the most effective interventions to address … that finds that about 67 premature deaths a year might be prevented by a 20% tax on fizzy drinks. And that there might be up to $40 million of revenue raised by such a tax.  (Also …
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  • Engaging online simulator of measles outbreaks (& how NZ needs to do better in eliminating measles)

    … Then we take the opportunity to explain why NZ should be doing more to wipe out diseases like measles. Source: The … even see that sometimes a community with 80% coverage will be protected when a community at 90% will not – that’s the effect of chance. For a community to be really safe from a measles outbreak it pays to have a very …
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  • Robust vaccine surveillance shows safety – we need to communicate this better

    … capacity is a valuable resource that needs to be maintained along with its ability for rapid expansion in … confidence in vaccines, NZ health agencies need to be far more active in communicating the high capability and … vaccines have been a major reason some people hesitate to be vaccinated. Sometimes perceptions about safety are based …
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