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  • Dietary counselling – how effective and cost-effective is it?

    … we consider recent literature (particularly reviews) on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of dietary … such as diabetes) but also to address risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) ie, high blood pressure, … (mortality and disease rates) the high-intensity diet-only interventions (4 trials): “reported no differences in …
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  • Covid-19 is finishing the year on a high: We need a vigorous coordinated response

    … by results of wastewater testing and hospitalisations. The net effect is that for the year 2023 as a whole, we can expect to see … ago that a new variant could cause a larger wave at any time, NZ policy has been based on an assumption that future …
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  • NZ’s COVID-19 response compared to selected other jurisdictions: Australia, Taiwan and the United States

    … and the US. In this blog we update the data comparisons for these selected places. We find that Taiwan is the top … the more favourable responses of NZ politicians to expert scientific advice compared to the US (ie, Ardern and … currently have state-wide restrictions on travel, 2 have only city level restrictions, 2 have only recommendations for …
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  • Smoke, heat or vapour? Ideas for risk-proportionate regulation to make World Smokefree Day irrelevant by 2025

    … to propose some ideas that may greatly increase momentum for the achieving Smokefree Aotearoa 2025. Tobacco and vaping … This continuing decline in smoking prevalence, despite only minor tightening of some aspects of regulation of smoked … Ministry of Health should conduct regular reviews of the scientific evidence on the relative harms and impacts on …
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  • The arrival of Candida auris in Aotearoa NZ: risk assessment and actions needed

    … more widespread globally. In this Briefing we evaluate the risk of C. auris to New Zealanders and outline how best … laboratories should establish and validate methods for the screening of C. auris, including rapid identification … New Zealanders is minimal as this pathogen typically only causes infections in individuals in hospitals or …
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  • Illicit tobacco trade and the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Goal: Arguments and evidence

    … has provided an estimate that illicit tobacco currently makes up around 6-7% of tobacco consumed in this country [5]. … also. For example, a 2010 report commissioned by British American Tobacco claimed illicit tobacco represented 3.3% of … and their long-standing track record of manipulating scientific evidence means we cannot simply take their …
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  • Using Rapid Antigen Tests to improve COVID-19 control in Aotearoa NZ

    … exclusively on Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests (NAATs) for this purpose. However, Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs) have a … . Figure 1: Rapid Antigen Test kit given out freely from the NHS in the UK Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Aotearoa … also consent for the additional RAT. The details of the second pilot are being finalised but will be part of the …
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  • A Smokefree Aotearoa – could taking the nicotine out of smoked tobacco products help us get there?

    … key findings from a modelling study where we estimated the impact that denicotinising smoked tobacco products could … APDD also proposes mandating VLNCs, so that these are the only smoked tobacco products available for sale in NZ. A previous blog explored the potential …
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  • Pandemic terminology: getting it right matters for effective risk communication and management

    … there has still been no evidence of community transmission for many weeks. Nevertheless, further improvements in NZ’s … officials, scientists, international collaborators and the NZ public on key COVID-19 risk management issues. Clear … much more useful in the NZ context than discussions about “second waves” or “surges” (see below). An “outbreak” is an …
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  • Low-cost heart-healthy bread for NZ

    …   Figure 1: The loaf of the left is the optimised HHB$1.5 loaf. The loaf … study we just published on optimising the design of bread for heart health. Using linear programming we found it … – including NZ, and with nut/seed containing breads (only available for 6 of these OECD countries). Key design …
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