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  • Throwing open the windows: The need for ventilation improvements as part of Covid-19 outbreak control in Aotearoa

    … and filtration are needed for indoor settings in Aotearoa NZ. In this blog we address the particular need to improve … not been a focus of efforts to reduce transmission in the NZ setting. This is despite the identification of ventilation … to multiple quarantine system failures in Australia and NZ [15, 16]. For example, after three transmission events at …
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  • Health system costs in NZ: variation by sex, age & proximity to death

    … This blog aims to discuss a study we recently published on NZ health system cost estimates by sex, age and proximity to … is only possible due to extraordinary richness of routine NZ data. We highlight four findings. First, costs – not … to death. Here we summarise a paper published in the NZ Medical Journal on these findings. The costs included in …
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  • Earth Overshoot Day: Should Aotearoa New Zealand be more like Uruguay?

    … of policies to minimize unsustainable resource use in NZ , including: those promoting renewable energy sources, … tool to visualise future overshoot scenarios).  How does NZ compare with other countries? Country Overshoot Days … Whakaihu Waka, Pōneke - University of Otago, Wellington Dr John Kerr , Science Lead, Public Health Communication …
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  • “100% Pure” – Public Health Goal Setting

    … of Otago, Wellington   The “100% Pure” marketing of NZ is marketing hype and an easy target for UK tabloid journalists (see this NZ Herald piece). Nevertheless, there is a case for striving … polio vaccination (the last polio case from wild virus in NZ was 51 years ago). It is one of the few countries to have …
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  • Engaging online simulator of measles outbreaks (& how NZ needs to do better in eliminating measles)

    … diseases. Then we take the opportunity to explain why NZ should be doing more to wipe out diseases like measles. … occurs in around 1 per 1000 cases of measles. So how is NZ doing in preventing diseases like measles? A few years ago some of us published a paper celebrating NZ’s elimination of poliomyelitis (on the 50 th anniversary …
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  • Media release: NZ lags behind on indoor ventilation standards: World Ventil8 Day

    … Poor ventilation in buildings in Aotearoa NZ means the air we are breathing indoors may potentially be … on indoor ventilation standards and what should be done. Dr Julie Bennett of the University of Otago says there is … more clearly, sleep better and be more productive,” says Dr Bennett. “Yet the NZ Building Code has minimum …
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  • Social Marketing for Smokefree Aotearoa 2025: Reminding, Reinforcing, and Changing Social Norms

    … The NZ Government’s Action Plan to realise the Smokefree 2025 … potential contribution to public health outcomes, NZ’s expenditure on smokefree social marketing actually … greatly reduced smoking uptake among youth non-smokers, 6 NZ has been slow to adopt explicit industry denormalisation …
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  • International index ranks Aotearoa New Zealand last for effective alcohol policy

    … policy and compares scores in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) relative to other similar jurisdictions in 2022/3. … Four countries scored above average and higher than NZ both in the overall score and in three of the four policy … worse in most domains. Legal trading hours were longer in NZ than all other countries including Australia, while most …
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  • Time to stop dodging bullets? NZ’s eight recent border control failures

    … been eight distinct border control failures in Aotearoa/NZ relating to the pandemic virus that causes COVID-19, since … use, and enhancing contact tracing.   Overall, Aotearoa/NZ has done extremely well by international standards by … a border control perspective (with the goal of protecting NZ from outbreaks of COVID-19), as well as from an …
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  • Media release: NZ could eliminate the deadly meningococcal disease

    … disease is potentially an achievable goal for Aotearoa NZ according to infectious disease experts. In the latest … disease and its significant risk of death and disability. Dr Kvalsvig says we have public health infrastructure from … but preventable disease in Aotearoa New Zealand.” Dr Kvalsvig says with effective vaccines available for all of …
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