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  • The draft NZ Health Strategy: Will it enable New Zealanders to “live well, stay well and get well”?

    … The new draft NZ Health Strategy is strong on strengthening the health care … to address the 10 top risk factors for health loss in NZ? Unfortunately not well at all. There are no population … to “live well, stay well and get well”. The draft NZ Health Strategy (1) has a strong focus on strengthening …
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  • The science is certain: masks work. Policy and practice must support their use

    … key findings and implications for Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ). We need to upgrade mask policy to align with current evidence. NZ is missing out on the benefits of this effective and … that New Zealanders are wearing appropriate masks. NZ needs to begin the necessary transition from leaky medical …
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  • Can CT screening for lung cancer in New Zealand be cost-effective?

    … 55-74 year olds with 30 pack-year history No screening $NZ 119,000(95% uncertainty interval: $76,000 to $273,000)   … 55-74 year olds with 30 pack-year history No screening $NZ 61,000 $NZ 28,000 McMahon et al 2011(8) USA 50-74 year olds with 20 …
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  • Preventing falls can be very cost-effective in NZ – New study

    … just published a modelling study on exercise programmes in NZ to prevent falls in older people. This work suggests that … or group-based exercise) is good value for money for the NZ Government. In this blog we consider these results … the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) was NZ$6900 per QALY gained (95%UI: 2200 to 15,600). By a common …
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  • Not forgetting the benefits to youth and non-smokers – an example from increases in tobacco taxes

    … the debate about e-cigarettes and smokefree strategies in NZ focuses on helping smokers to quit or exploring how they … quitting [3]. They are likely to have contributed to NZ’s major declines in youth smoking and on-going declines in … and another one on the 2018 EY Report on tobacco tax in NZ ). NZ modelling work also suggests tobacco tax increases …
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  • Low-cost heart-healthy bread for NZ

    … from further study due to its relatively high cost at NZ$5). All loaves made in a home bread-making machine … which has all three of these nutrients is bread and, in NZ, bread is the major single source of dietary sodium. … sodium in bread (eg, (5-10) – including our own work in NZ (11)). Furthermore, there have been successful studies and …
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  • Making tobacco less available is both necessary and feasible – New NZ study

    … our recently published work, we studied the impact of the NZ Government preventing new retail outlets from selling … results into the context of tobacco control options for NZ. Across the globe we’re seeing a stream of new nicotine … how should countries pursuing a smokefree goal, such as NZ , address this situation? Tobacco’s wide availability is a …
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  • The alarms are flashing red: Five reasons to upgrade our Alert Level system before the next Covid-positive traveller visits a major city

    … Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ’s) Alert Level system worked well in 2020, but the … is changing and the system needs to change with it to keep NZ ahead of the pandemic.  In this blog we summarise our … and uphold Te Tiriti o Waitangi. On 19-21 June 2021 NZ experienced a critical incident in which a traveller with …
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  • Rising congenital syphilis in Aotearoa New Zealand needs a strong response

    … resurgence of syphilis is affecting Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ). It is having inequitable impacts amongst Māori and … congenital syphilis were rare however in the last 5 years NZ has had over 25 cases.  Some hapū māmā continue to miss … and may continue to miss cases. In the northern region of NZ, a new initiative supports all pregnant women to be …
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  • Can we make better use of a cost-effective anti-cancer vaccine? The case of HPV vaccination in NZ girls

    … evaluation summary and media release ), we found that the NZ Government’s investment in HPV vaccination for girls is … genital warts. Primarily to prevent cervical cancer, the NZ Government began funding a vaccination programme against … observed coverage was about 47%. The funded HPV vaccine in NZ is a quadrivalent one which includes protection against …
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