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  • Protecting New Zealand children from the developing Omicron outbreak

    … globally since the start of the pandemic (see Figure 1 for a US example). High numbers of child cases have led to … school time from isolation, quarantine, or school closure. 1 In NZ, loss of face-to-face school time can have multiple … are significantly over-represented in case data. Figure 1. Covid-19 cases in the Los Angeles County school system , …
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  • Digesting things further: High dietary salt intakes are almost certainly problematic

    … a meta-analysis of 34 trials lasting more than 4 weeks (1)). The randomised trial data show that reducing blood … when the sodium to potassium excretion ratio was high (RR, 1.24; 95%CI, 1.05-1.46; p=0.01) (5). Further thoughts on the limitations …
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  • A preventable measles epidemic: Lessons for reforming public health in NZ

    … identify and build support for these necessary reforms [ 1 ]. The measles epidemic in NZ resulted in at least 2,180 … number since measles became notifiable in 1996 (Figure 1).  The 765 hospitalisations in 2019 is the highest annual total for 40 years (Figure 1). This epidemic resulted from a large measles immunity gap …
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  • The Pros and Cons of a Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Goal: The Case is Overwhelmingly Pro for NZ

    … been described as “a world-leading, bold ‘endgame’ goal” [1]. The goal arose from a recommendation by the 2010 Māori … Goal could bring at least five important benefits to NZ: 1) Very large health gains possible. An intervention that … study estimates that this would generate at least an extra 1.2 billion quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) in the …
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  • Another Havelock North? Govt undoing protections for drinking water safety

    … people sick, 42 hospitalised, and led to four deaths. 1 This was the largest waterborne campylobacteriosis outbreak … not only in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) but the world. 1  However, it wasn’t the only NZ outbreak caused by a … contamination. 4 7 These multiple barriers ( Appendix 1 ) can be thought of like the ‘Swiss cheese model’ used to …
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  • Progress towards a Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan: Congratulations to the Government

    … extending the discussion set out in another recent blog . 1. Reducing retail availability: “Restrict sales of smoked … and can undermine their journey to becoming smokefree. 1 2 Reducing outlet numbers is likely to help reduce … a specified date. For example, if legislation commenced on 1 January 2022, then people younger than 18 years at that …
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  • Junk food and sugar-sweetened beverage taxes: Likely to produce numerous benefits in NZ

    … is an important driver of the global obesity epidemic.[1-4] Moreover, both poor diet and obesity are major risk … ovarian, prostate, liver, gallbladder, kidney, and colon).[1, 3, 5, 6] The global food system is also a driver of GHG … of ten different real-world food and beverage taxes (Table 1) on health gains (in quality-adjusted life years (QALYs)), …
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  • NZ’s Environmental Protection Authority in a muddle over weed killer

    … review of hazardous substances in New Zealand. Figure 1: 3D representation of a glyphosate molecule (Wikipedia) … in humans in vitro  and studies in experimental animals [1,2]. Taking the human, animal and mechanistic data together, … capacity to cause cancer, using a standard grading system (1 = carcinogenic to humans, 2A = probably carcinogenic, 2B = …
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  • New e-liquid flavour restrictions: Potential impacts on young people and people who smoke

    … young people , the vast majority of whom do not smoke. 1 Using social media influencers and sponsorship of youth … and questionable age verification processes; see Figure 1) grew. 4 Figure 1: VAPO age verification screen for a NZ-based website (4 …
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  • Strengthening Omicron mitigation strategies in Early Childhood Education settings

    … among children infected with Covid-19 are uncommon (1 to 2% of infected young persons under the age of 20 years). 1 With Omicron infection, hospitalisations also tend to be … and are often for croup, bronchiolitis, and dehydration. 1,2 In the United States (US) at the height of their Omicron …
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