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  • Making the most of masks

    … is through respiratory droplets and aerosols that are expelled by an infected person, and inhaled by one who is … to other infection prevention measures such as avoiding common areas or social distancing [7]. Yet another … Guangzhou, China in January 2020. Ten members of three non-associated families, seated at three different tables, were …
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  • Advising men on prostate cancer screening – is the cart before the horse in terms of evidence?

    … of over-diagnosis and over-treatment. Prostate cancer is common among older men, and often so slow growing that it … health system too – and questions of cost-effectiveness are also unresolved. Despite the fact that all the men who … or even their life, to the [screening] programme ”.[3] What is the evidence about the benefits and harms of prostate …
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  • COVID-19 in Aotearoa: what does public health do now?

    … strategy, and intensive case and contact management. With increasing levels of vaccination, and Delta forcing our hand a little earlier than we hoped, we are now moving to the next stage of the pandemic, … response. We also need to reflect on and prepare for what a transition to living with COVID-19 means in terms of …
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  • What does the 2019/20 NZ Health Survey tell us about progress towards a Smokefree Aotearoa?

    … in 2006/7 and each year from 2011/12 to 2019/20. There are important caveats to the data we present. Firstly, random … prevalence are shown in figure 7. Regular use was most common among people aged < 25 years, but daily use was most … and appealing) as set out in the ASAP strategy [6]. … What does the 2019/20 NZ Health Survey tell us about progress …
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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

    … and probable cases . We assume the cases in this database are mostly symptomatic cases. However, it is not necessarily … This figure shows that the proportion of reported cases associated with overseas travel has been decreasing, with an … before deciding whether they are ‘true’ cases.   … What we would like to see on the Ministry of Health’s website …
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  • When can COVID-19 be Declared Eliminated from NZ? New Modelling Study

    … it has not been adopted by the central government. There are other island jurisdictions that may also be approaching … ever had sporadic cases – but then have gone for weeks with no reported cases, suggesting successful containment and … and more detailed results published as a pre-print. 4 What we found: Estimating time to epidemic extinction This …
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  • Current and future generations must flourish: Time for a long-term and global perspective on pandemic and other catastrophic risks

    … cover the following: The recent United Nations report ‘Our Common Agenda’ which calls for solidarity, concern for future … sector organisations must prepare and some ideas for what could be included in the Ministry of Health’s LTIB. … long-term challenges, including existential risks, that are evolving over the course of multiple human life spans. To …
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  • Severe weather events linked to outbreaks of crypto in Aotearoa – New study

    … water protections should be discouraged. Cryptosporidium  are   microscopic parasites that can cause gastrointestinal … with symptoms usually lasting one to two weeks. They are common cause of waterborne outbreaks of infectious intestinal … from its plans to weaken protections for water.  What this Briefing adds We report on our just published study …
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  • Monitoring CO2 indoors for improving ventilation as a Covid-19 control tool

    … aerosols can remain airborne for hours in indoor spaces with low levels of ventilation. In this blog, we discuss how … measures such as physical distancing and disinfection are not able to provide adequate protection against airborne … increase ventilation to help disperse viral particles [3]. What is ventilation? Ventilation simply means the replacement …
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  • Progress on reducing retail availability of sugary drinks in NZ

    … this blog we look at such successes to date and consider what could be done to further reduce availability of these products which are both harming oral health and fuelling the obesity … review reported that habitual consumption of SSBs was associated with a greater incidence of type 2 diabetes …
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