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Media release: New Zealand urged to boost pandemic preparedness as bird flu spreads in US cattle
… A(H5N1) virus. This strain of what is commonly known as ‘bird flu’ has sparked concerns globally as it continues to adapt and infect new hosts, including … is up to scratch and ready for emerging threats such as H5N1. Careful reviewing of our pandemic plan, as well as …
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Perspective: Who is responsible for stopping NZ’s obesity epidemic?
… failures that render (non-regulated) free-market solutions as doomed to fail. The views in this blog are expanded in … are deeply held (1). So when nihilistic biologists such as myself suggest there is no such thing as free will, it’s … in the B4 school check will likely do more harm than good (5). That is, a targeted individual-level approach to tackling …
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What’s the right Covid-19 risk to live with – an Australian perspective
… from “The Pursuit” at Melbourne University, Australia As Australia looks toward opening its international borders, … can help us decide what’s the right risk to tolerate. As Australia inches up its vaccine rollout , the question of … virus in the pre-COVID-19 world with no restrictions of 5.0 and 6.0. 3) The policy settings we use for outbreaks and …
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Charting our way back to normal
… weigh the costs and benefits of different policy responses as Australia rolls out vaccines and considers opening … giving us some space to learn from other countries as they aggressively roll out emergency vaccination programs. … an infected person is roughly likely to infect between 2.5 and three others when there is no immunity) and the policy …
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A Whakawhanaungatanga Māori Wellbeing Model – guiding better housing and urban development
… natural nurseries) and social and cultural amenities, as well as opportunities for work and learning. Consideration also … of urban infrastructure that helps optimise wellbeing, 5 housing is critical, particularly as home is where whānau …
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New report shows how regional plans could transform freshwater quality
… failure points to a solution The Report’s summary reads as a list of regulatory failures, particularly by Environment … failure highlights its own solution. So while damning (as the headline of the Report’s only media coverage read) , … losses might be” (Ministry for Primary Industries, 2021, p.5). The inverse of regulating the modelling of farm outputs …
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Establishing Long COVID services in Aotearoa NZ – what can we learn from overseas?
… Long COVID (described in an earlier blog ), is defined as highly variable symptoms in individuals with previous … and the unknowns about the impact of the Omicron variant. As far as we are aware, there are no specific services for people …
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Increases in speed limits: Unjust and unjustifiable
… public health impacts of increased speed limits, such as discouraging active communities by stifling walking and cycling. It is also unfair, as faster speeds disproportionately benefit drivers, while … around 12% of pedestrians struck will die. At 30km/h, only 5% will die. The Land Transport Rule: Setting of Speed Limits …
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Key findings on smoking and e-cigarette use prevalence and trends in the 2020/21 NZ Health Survey
… 2019/20 to 2020/21, daily smoking prevalence fell by 2.5% and current smoking prevalence by 2.8%. Figure 1 Trends in … it is difficult to quantify this increase using these data as simply summing current smoking and EC use prevalences will … daily smoking prevalence in 2020/21 were more than twice as large as for any other years since 2011/12. However, …
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Kiwi public health doc reporting back from Victoria (Australia): “Do quarantine well!”
… years ago. Now I am your Australian correspondent. Life as an epidemiologist and public health medicine specialist in Victoria, as a person who is new to the State, and not part of the … a conundrum. By pretty good design (we did not lockdown as hard as in NZ) and probably a fair amount of luck, it …
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