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  • Reducing waiting times for cataract surgery is good value-for-money for falls prevention

    … assessment and modifications) are also effective. BODE 3 modelling has shown that these interventions are also good … a health system perspective and used a discount rate of 3%. Intervention effectiveness estimates came from a RCT of … investment. It is also important to note that other BODE 3  work shows that many health sector interventions are …
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  • The long shadow of war on the health of military personnel

    … significant 1.7 years less (72.6 years compared to 74.3 years in the non-combat group). Further analysis of death … that have made it difficult to draw conclusions e.g., (2,3). However, a US study of those veterans who were exposed to … with a pooled estimate of the weighted odds ratio = 3.24 (95% CI: 2.75, 3.82), with several studies finding that …
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  • Regulator failure on nitrate in drinking water dumps escalating costs on those downstream

    … it takes for nitrate to move through groundwater systems. 3 It has described nitrate pollution as a ‘legacy issue’. 4 … region breach the drinking water standard for nitrate (11.3 mg/L) (indicated in red, Figure 1). 6 For comparison, … influence) are estimated to have a median value between 0.3 and 1.0   mg/L. 7 Importantly, the MAV is a human health …
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  • COVID-19, Christmas, the New Year and Summer Holidays: What the NZ Government and individuals can do to minimise the risks

    … do not currently apply to children aged under 12 years and 3 months, therefore it is likely that children will … wearing requirements for those aged over 12 year olds and 3 months will remain on domestic Air New Zealand flights and … NZ generally must complete 7 days in MIQ followed by 3 days home quarantine. However, requirements are stricter …
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  • More evidence that elimination is the best COVID-19 control strategy for health and the economy

    … a Paris-Brussels think tank: Institut Économique Molinari [3]. In this blog we consider its findings and put these into … to 2019. Meanwhile, the decline in GDP was greater (-3.3%) in countries that had not eradicated the virus.” The …
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  • Tax policy as a key health determinant: Reform for the Covid-19 reset

    … incomes; 2 disproportionate job losses affecting women; 3 increased stress in multi-generational homes during … and Pasifika already facing higher levels of unemployment. 3 4 Hence the importance of economic cushioning provided by … in 2018 was 32.7% of GDP, while the OECD average was 34.3%; and the NZ proportion was significantly less than those …
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  • When can COVID-19 be Declared Eliminated from NZ? New Modelling Study

    … of Australia and NZ in terms of a trans-Tasman “bubble”. 3 More realistically however, it might be that such … happened during the lockdown during Alert Levels 4 and 3 in NZ. 5   6 Since the move to Alert Level 2, there is … goal. *Author details: Nick Wilson 1 2 , Matthew Parry, 3 Ayesha J Verrall, 4 Michael G Baker 2 , Martin Eichner 5 6 …
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  • Potential for an avian influenza pandemic: Time for NZ to ramp up preparedness

    … of this virus jumping to humans from another mammal. 2 3   This Briefing provides a high-level risk assessment of … became possible only in the 20 th century, when there were 3 pandemics: in 1918-19, 1957, and 1968. 28 The influenza … mammals. 43 In the last two years, the A(H5N1) clade 2.3.4.4b has spread explosively across most regions of the …
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  • Can we make better use of a cost-effective anti-cancer vaccine? The case of HPV vaccination in NZ girls

    … treatment also indicates a favourable downward trend [3]. HPV vaccination is cost-effective We developed a Markov … cancer, pre-cancer (CIN I to III), genital warts, and 3 other HPV-related cancers (oropharyngeal, anal, vulvar … school-based only programme, coverage is 73% for dose 3 for 12-13 year old girls (with dose 1 being at 83%) [5]. …
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  • Poor ventilation in public transport settings in Aotearoa NZ: New data for buses and trains

    … . Results Data collection occurred on buses (30 trips, 3 cities) and trains (15 trips, 3 cities) during autumn (April, May) and winter (June) 2023. … transport staff from exposure to airborne infections. 3 So we agree with the arguments made by Metlink for the NZ …
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