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  • Why NZ should consider adopting “mass masking” as an additional step to speed elimination of the Covid-19 pandemic

    … public mask use is common in some Asian countries as a control measure in the current Covid-19 pandemic. There is … In health care settings masks are used widely for infection control – though it is still not proven that N95 … through talking [3][4]. The droplets can sometimes travel a lot further than the current 2m distancing guidelines [5]. …
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  • The Two-Faced Tobacco Industry: Transformation and Cigarillos

    … “transformation” vision, which they claim will herald a new smokefree world. Philip Morris International (PMI) has … this rhetoric yet this company’s recent launch of a new, super value, smoked tobacco product : the cigarillo … that they had long known their products were harmful and often fatal, and to compensate for smoking’s loss of social …
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  • Why we need an Aotearoa Centre for Disease Control (CDC)

    … managing multiple ongoing infectious disease challenges. A key responsibility would be building integrated … centres in Melbourne (including the Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity and the Burnet Institute) to form the … it to mobilise specialised workforce support, though often relying on large amounts of gifted time. This response …
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  • Does healthy food really cost more?

    … There is a perception that healthy food costs more – but does it … USDA ERS, 2012. (5) (US$) I reached a similar conclusion after exploring different metrics for the cost of common … diseases, and our obesogenic environment where people often eat more energy than required? A New Zealand study …
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  • Preventing outbreaks of COVID-19 in NZ associated with air travel from Australia: New Modelling study of alternatives to quarantine

    … outbreaks associated with air travel from Australia (with a low prevalence of COVID-19 infection) to NZ. We found that the combined use of exit and … an outbreak of COVID-19 in NZ was estimated to occur after an average time of 1.7 years (95% uncertainty interval …
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  • Protecting New Zealand children from the developing Omicron outbreak

    … approaches, addressing various literacy levels and impairment challenges. Information can be made available in … not readily available in child sizes in NZ; yet they are often reported by children as being easier to wear as well as … approach to Covid-19 would be preferable to testing ‘after the fact’. Protecting children’s wellbeing in the …
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  • Intensifying Covid-19 Control Measures: 5 Measures for Faster Elimination and 5 Measures to Prevent Future outbreaks

    … to health, social wellbeing and the economy. There is a need for accelerated efforts to ensure more rapid … campaign to promote improved ventilation in all settings (often as simple as opening windows), along with economic … with essential workers operating in Alert Level 4. After an Auckland-focused campaign, there could be a national …
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  • Where do the parties stand? Long-term thinking & catastrophic risks

    … long - term global risks and their intention to introduce a Global Catastrophic Risk Management Act. All five parties … and only one, Te Pāti Māori, favoured any consideration of a US-style Global Catastrophic Risk Management Act. In … Centre contacted each of the five major parties with a set of questions about their position on five areas …
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  • Is it time to pilot a test and treat programme for reducing the stomach cancer burden and inequalities in NZ?

    … We have just published a modelling study on stomach cancer prevention in the … population screening programme, that tests and treats for infection by the bacteria Helicobacter pylori in the stomach, … cardiovascular risk assessments in primary care in NZ). After these adjustments we modelled an overall 17% reduction …
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  • Calling for action on suicide prevention in Aotearoa

    … Suicide Prevention Action Plan for 2025-2029. We have a unique opportunity to craft a Suicide Prevention Action Plan that is transformative … suicide prevention reflects a Western, individualised, and often psychiatric perspective on suicidal behaviour 12 and …
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