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  • Despite improved WHO regulations, the world remains ill-prepared for the next pandemic

    … their own. Especially as the risk of another pandemic like Covid-19 is growing.  The IHR amendments that have been … and honour the memory of the millions who have died from Covid-19. The international community’s recent failure to … disease emergency. The risk of another pandemic like Covid-19 – the worst in a century – is increasing . 1 The …
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  • National capacity needed to monitor misinformation to protect public health and social cohesion

    … a significant issue, particularly highlighted during the Covid-19 pandemic. However recent progress appears to have … to make harmful decisions. For instance, during the Covid-19 pandemic, some people ingested toxic substances … documented examples of how misinformation harmed the NZ Covid-19 response. 2 Similarly, misinformation about vaccines …
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  • The COVID-19 house fire and the unbearable silence of fire alarms

    … have lambasted the late timing of PHEIC declaration for COVID-19 and also the opaque nature of the acronym.   The WHO … three-day lockdown in response to three community cases of COVID-19. Some critics said, with hindsight, that it was a … suddenly wearing masks, social distancing, and getting COVID tests because of the lockdown ‘alarm’ shows that fire …
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  • Concluding the Public Health Solutions Series 

    … “ remains under massive strain ” and with the relaxing of covid rules this issue is unlikely to ease in the near future. The ongoing demands of Covid-19, long covid and deferred routine care will continue to place …
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  • The science is certain: masks work. Policy and practice must support their use

    … airborne infections that spread in crowded indoor spaces.  Covid-19 continues to evolve and circulate in our population … year-round causing high levels of sickness, including Long Covid . 4 5 NZ also experiences large numbers of … This approach is especially useful for infections such as Covid-19 where people may not have symptoms or know they are …
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  • Upgrade of NZ’s COVID-19 Alert Levels Needed to Help Regain NZ’s Elimination Status

    … In this blog we comment on the current COVID-19 situation globally and in NZ. We focus on potential … and education. The global situation It is clear that the COVID-19 pandemic virus is highly infectious and is causing … masking as a low-cost, effective intervention to reduce COVID-19 transmission [4, 5]. Table: Our recommendations for …
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  • Reducing the health burden from contaminated drinking water in NZ: Opportunities arising from the new Water Services Bill

    … treating water that has already become contaminated. The COVID-19 experience also raises the benefits of consolidating … particularly as a result of the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic threat. There is also a major reform … and structural (Taumata Arowai) support to suppliers. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown the fragile nature of public …
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  • Getting through together: ethical values for a pandemic

    … Public health responses to infectious diseases such as COVID-19 require us to draw on our common humanity and be … on preparing for a potentially severe novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Shanthi Ameratunga raises the spectre …
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  • Aotearoa’s perinatal and maternal death rates remain inequitable and unjust

    … likelihood of a pregnancy ending in perinatal death where Covid-19 infection occurred during pregnancy. A decrease in … at perinatal mortality (2007-2021), the impact of Covid-19 infection (2020-2021), maternal mortality … the deaths following the birth of a live baby. Findings on Covid-19 and perinatal deaths Pregnant individuals with …
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  • From across the Ditch: How Australia has to decide on the least worst option for COVID-19

    … politicians – we have avoided the explosive beginning of a COVID-19 epidemic that most other countries are now cursed … quickly as possible which treatments of people sick with COVID-19 saves lives. To work out our strategies for … with a chronic condition (for whom the mortality from COVID-19 is much higher). All of these measures I estimate …
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