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  • We need rapid progress on digital solutions to help eliminate COVID-19 from New Zealand

    … to help tackle this global threat (1). Currently, NZ is considering several digital solutions to support the public health response to COVID-19 (2). While the NZ Government is being overloaded with proposals for new … tracing technology is the most demanding to get right. The NZ Government has signalled the development of a digital …
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  • What is happening with vaping among adolescents and young adults in Aotearoa?

    … vaping among young people in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ). This briefing collates the latest data on the … and behaviours among adolescents and young adults in NZ is very limited. Vaping prevalence and trends in … , Professor Janet Hoek , Associate Professor Andrew Waa , Dr Jude Ball – all ASPIRE Aotearoa Research Centre. Andrew …
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  • Media release: International studies highlight link between hunger and lower educational achievement

    … Health Communication Centre, public health researcher Dr Pippa McKelvie-Sebileau and co-authors examine the data from three large international assessments. Dr McKelvie-Sebileau says the Government should be using the evidence from these studies with specific NZ data to inform its decisions about the future of the Ka …
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  • Protecting hapu māmā and newborn babies through immunisation during pregnancy in Aotearoa New Zealand

    … (44% in 2020) immunisation in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) than in Australia and the United States. Importantly, … and contribute to equitable outcomes. Author details  Dr Amber Young , He Rau Kawakawa | School of Pharmacy, Te … Wānanga o Ōtākou | University of Otago, Ōtepoti | Dunedin Dr Matthew Hobbs , Faculty of Health | Te Kaupeka Oranga, and …
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  • Should smokefree indoor areas = vapefree areas?

    … The NZ Ministry of Health is currently reviewing public … nicotine-containing e-cigarettes to be sold legally in NZ. This consultation raises questions about how the wider … how to allow access to nicotine-containing e-cigarettes in NZ. These products could potentially increase quit rates …
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  • Establishing Long COVID services in Aotearoa NZ – what can we learn from overseas?

    … appropriate LC services in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ). The need to establish Long COVID services Long COVID … hospitalised. 3-6 The number of people with LC in Aotearoa NZ is not known and predictions are difficult due to our … considerations for developing LC services in Aotearoa NZ include: Establishing a person and whānau-centred approach …
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  • The UK Government shows leadership with a Soft Drink Tax announcement

    … utility for changing New Zealand’s obesogenic environment. NZ adults consume approximately 29 teaspoons of sugar per … daily energy (about 12 teaspoons of sugar). Furthermore, NZ has the third highest rate of obesity in the OECD and many … translates to a 25p (53c) per litre tax; which (for a NZ$2.50 1L bottle) would be a ~21% price increase if …
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  • Perspective: Options for licensed retailing of nicotine-containing E-Cigarettes in NZ

    … The NZ Ministry of Health is currently consulting on options … making nicotine-containing e-cigarettes available in NZ. Therefore, this Perspective Blog briefly examines … for a very well-considered approach, given consecutive NZ Governments’ poor track record in making policy to …
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  • Testing for COVID-19 in NZ to achieve the elimination goal

    … with sewage testing. Along with a few Asian countries, NZ has adopted an elimination strategy towards the COVID-19 … pandemic (as some of us just recently detailed in a NZ Medical Journal Editorial [1]). We have been fortunate in … by scientific advice and modelling work [2]. While NZ had initially been relatively slow to scale up testing …
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  • Prevention and treatment of mental disorders will help reduce dementia

    … health challenges are rising in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ), yet unmet need for services has also grown, highlighting … increases steeply with age. As the Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) population ages, the number of people with dementia is … with poverty and social disadvantage. Authors details  Dr ‘Etuini Ma’u, Department of Psychological Medicine, …
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