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  • How best to classify and count NZ’s border control failures in the COVID-19 pandemic?

    … the media [25]. Returnee-related outbreak (Crowne Plaza, Christchurch), (September 2020) The returnee and 2 others … in a group of international mariners in the Sudima Christchurch Airport facility. However, there were different … spread Details Returnee-related outbreak (Crowne Plaza, Christchurch), (September 2020) 1 returnee in MIQ and 2 …
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  • Reducing the spread of antibiotic resistance in New Zealand, action is long overdue!

    … As discussed in a recent article in the New Zealand Medical Journal , rapid large reductions in rates of … Authors details Assoc Prof Mark Thomas , Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland Assoc Prof Stephen Ritchie , Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland Dr Juliet …
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  • The changing COVID-19 situation in Taiwan – what can NZ learn from Taiwan’s latest outbreak?

    … epidemic, Taiwan established the National Health Command centre (NHCC) in 2004 which works alongside the CDC in … to the test: COVID-19 in Taiwan. Journal of the Formosan Medical Association = Taiwan yi zhi, 2020. 119 (4): p. …
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  • Increases in speed limits: Unjust and unjustifiable

    … , Department of Population Health, University of Otago, Christchurch Libby Grant , He Kāinga Oranga/Housing and … , Department of Population Health, University of Otago, Christchurch Dr Ed Randal , New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities, Department of Public Health, …
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  • Cyclone Gabrielle joins list of Aotearoa NZ’s ‘sudden mass fatality events’

    … The resulting list was updated in 2019 in the wake of the Christchurch Mosque shootings, bringing the total number of … Wellington, and Science Lead, Public Health Communication Centre (PHCC) Prof Nick Wilson , Department of Public Health, …
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  • Urgent action needed to help eliminate cervical cancer in Aotearoa

    … and Gynaecologists and Te Tātai Hauora o Hine (National Centre for Women’s Health Research Aotearoa) have jointly … Advocacy, Cancer Society of New Zealand Dr Kate Gregory , Medical Director, Cancer Society of New Zealand  All authors … and Gynaecologists and Te Tātai Hauora o Hine — National Centre for Women’s Health Research Aotearoa.  The campaign …
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  • Oral tobacco and nicotine products: Quitting aid or teen addiction risk?

    … Authors details Dr Jude Ball , ASPIRE Aotearoa Research Centre, and Senior Research Fellow, Department of Public … Prof Janet Hoek , Co-Director of ASPIRE Aotearoa Research Centre, and Department of Public Health, University of Otago … Richard Edwards , Co-Director of ASPIRE Aotearoa Research Centre, and Department of Public Health, University of Otago …
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  • The Covid inquiry report is an excellent guide to preparing for the next pandemic – health cuts put that at risk

    … of a  A$251 million investment  in establishing a national centre for disease control. Building NZ’s pandemic … Prof Michael Baker , Director, Public Health Communication Centre, and Department of Public Health, University of Otago … Nick Wilson , Co-Director, Public Health Communication Centre, and Department of Public Health, Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka …
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  • Lime E-Scooters – Avoiding a collision course with public health?

    … its devices may be hired in Auckland, the Hutt Valley, Christchurch and Dunedin. Potential users download an app, … paid nominal fees; for example, Lime reportedly paid the Christchurch City Council $136 for a three-month “mobile …
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  • What will the Government’s free vape starter kit programme achieve?

    … Calvin Cochran, Research Fellow, ASPIRE Aotearoa Research Centre, Department of Public Health, University of Otago Wellington.  Dr Jude Ball , ASPIRE Aotearoa Research Centre, and Senior Research Fellow, Department of Public … Prof Janet Hoek , Co-Director of ASPIRE Aotearoa Research Centre, and Department of Public Health, University of Otago …
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