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Testing for COVID-19 in NZ to achieve the elimination goal
… study estimated 5-10 undetected cases per detected case [3]. Furthermore, a majority of symptomatic cases appear to … health authorities ( https://www.covid.is/data ). 3) Testing of asymptomatic people identified based on their … contacts of cases; (2) healthcare workers; and (3) other essential workers who continue to have regular …
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New Zealanders strongly support policies to curb alcohol harm – will government listen?
… exposed five times more frequently than Pākehā children. 3 Strong evidence supports three main opportunities to … 42% in 2023 * . 9 We expand on these results in Appendix 3 . Majority agree that the alcohol industry should have no … public opinion on alcohol policies of NZ adults. Appendix 3: Many New Zealanders support policies to make alcohol less …
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Energy poverty: The lowest-income households pay more in Aotearoa
… NZ – evidenced by excess winter deaths compared to summer. 3 A multi-country analysis found that in temperate countries … income on electricity. The wealthiest 10% spend only 1.3% (Figure 2). Between 2010 and 2019, those households with … slightly decreased for most other income groups (Figure 3). Our research highlights that this is because those most …
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How to best prioritise Covid-19 Vaccination in Aotearoa/New Zealand
… Ethics Advisory Committee has released a final report [3] on Resource Allocation and Covid-19 that includes a …
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More than 147km – the transformative potential of the Wellington bike network plan
… temporary infrastructure (e.g., planter boxes) in the next 3 years, to be gradually hard engineered into the fabric of …
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Budget 2023 goes a long way to improving housing and wellbeing
… agency, has been funded in the Budget to build an extra 3,000 new public homes on top of the 14,050 homes which have … March last year and this year, but the newly funded 3,000 houses, alongside the houses near completion, will …
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Smoking prevalence and trends: key findings in the 2022-23 NZ Health Survey
… prevalence (defined as smoking at least monthly) was 8.3% (95%CI: 7.5-9.2%). The reductions in daily and current … survey was less pronounced for this measure (from 22.3% to 20.2%, 2.1% absolute drop). While the decreases in … trends by neighbourhood deprivation As outlined in Figure 3, although there was a large fall in smoking prevalence …
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Potential new regulatory options for e-cigarettes/ANDS in NZ
… smoking cessation product as per Medsafe requirements (3)). Nevertheless, ANDS with nicotine and nicotine-containing … brochures attached to each package of ANDS products sold. 3) As above (pharmacy only) but with regular upgrades to … under the Medicines Act – as outlined by Medsafe (3). meet the requirements under the new Psychoactive …
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Monkeypox has arrived in Aotearoa New Zealand: what is the level of risk and how do we manage it?
… less severe disease in humans (case fatality risk [CFR] = 3.6%) compared with the Congo Basin clade (CFR = 10.6%). The … did not yet meet the criteria to be designated as a PHEIC 3 . However, it plans to reconvene a meeting of its Emergency … case fatality risk in recent outbreaks in Africa has been 3.6% to 10.6% depending on the infecting clade of virus. …
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New Zealand E-cigarette trial in Lancet – keeping it in perspective
… to e-cigarettes were abstinent at six months, or 7.3%. This compares to 17 out of 295 people randomised to … with placebo e-cigarettes (six month abstinence 4.1%) was 3.16%, with a 95% confidence interval -2.29% to 8.61%. Null …
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