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  • Monitoring CO2 indoors for improving ventilation as a Covid-19 control tool

    … Poor ventilation in indoor settings is widely recognised as a risk factor for the airborne transmission of the virus … the morning, CO 2 will rise from the background level and often keep rising for 1-2 hours after the children have left. In fact, CO 2 can often …
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  • A single shot to prevent cancer? HPV vaccine can!

    … 75% target. The World Health Organization now recommends a 1-dose vaccine schedule for 9-20-year-olds. Forty … cancers caused by HPV vaccine-types. The virus and vaccine Infection with human papillomavirus (HPV) is common. A … 2009, it was extended to females born from 1992 onwards. After a two-year catch-up for all female students in Years 8 …
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  • Aotearoa New Zealand's fourth wave of Covid-19 and why we should care

    … Summary Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) is experiencing a fourth wave of Covid-19 infection. This conclusion is supported by the increase in … also be useful for public transport, where passengers often spend prolonged periods in an environment where …
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  • Would a sugary fizzy drink tax reduce health inequalities? Probably Yes

    … A possible tax on sweetened sugary beverages (SSBs, and in … The bar graph below shows these disease rates before and after the SSB tax. Disease incidence would fall by 14.1% in … policies that reduce risk factor exposures will often reduce health inequalities – in absolute terms at …
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  • Being forced to leave your rental home can harm health

    … Eviction, or a forced move from rental housing, is a common experience for … relationship between the tenant and landlord. Tenants had often felt a deep bond to their home: ‘I don’t know if you … housing or temporary housing. Katrina only found out long after her eviction that a loan was available to help with …
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  • The Pros and Cons of a Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Goal: The Case is Overwhelmingly Pro for NZ

    … follow from achieving it. Arguments against having such a goal are also considered.   Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 has been described as “a world-leading, bold ‘endgame’ goal” [1]. The goal arose … the Predator-free 2050 Goal etc). Furthermore, there are often some synergies eg, a healthier and more economically …
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  • A public health perspective on taxing harmful products

    … The New Zealand Government has set up a Tax Working Group to consider reforms of the tax system. In … warranted where consumption of a good places additional (often future) costs on society that are not covered in the … drinkers than adult drinkers in the least deprived areas, after adjusting for age, sex and ethnic differences” [33]. In …
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  • The case for a NZ-Australia Pandemic Cooperation Agreement

    … are crucial to pandemic preparedness and response, and a regional approach for island nations offers additional … Potential catastrophic risks such as societal collapse after devastating pandemics (e.g., at the extreme end of the … 37 However, PPE shortages 38 can critically undermine such infection control and so, as with vaccines, there is a case …
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  • Making the most of masks

    … who were symptomatic for COVID-19, but remained undiagnosed at the time they interacted with 139 clients. … active indoor workplaces, and nightclubs where there is often dancing), it is precisely these venues that pose higher … maxillofacial abnormalities, young children, or those with cognitive/developmental disorders that would prevent them …
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  • A new online calculator for estimating how much a society might spend on life-saving interventions

    … NZ$ 1.2 million for an intervention to save the life of a child, NZ$ 0.7 million for a 50-year-old, and NZ$ 0.2 … study was used to estimate health-adjusted life expectancy after the life-saving intervention, equivalent to … society should spend from a health system perspective is (often considerably) less. For the adventurous user, we have …
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