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  • In May 2022 the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020 expires: what then?

    … Public Health Response Act 2020 (‘Covid Act’) expires on 13 May 2022. A further time-limited legal framework will … and proportionality. Secondly, the current Act was passed under parliamentary urgency, with practically no room for … providing interesting and constructive ideas [4]. The Report focused among other issues on the Act’s relationship …
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  • Comparing two pandemics: A century apart

    … of these pandemics, the responses, and their impacts on Aotearoa New Zealand and globally. It also emphasises the … to inform current and future pandemic management, focusing on public health infrastructure, international cooperation, … also highlighted the importance of ongoing investment in medical research, including studying virus evolution and …
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  • Proposed vaping regulations for NZ: Strengths and limitations

    … and Regulated Products (Vaping) Amendment Bill on Sunday 23 February.  The Bill contains some important … by young people. Its proposed extension of prohibitions on advertising and sponsorship from tobacco products to all … smoked tobacco products, may not be sold to people aged under 18 years. Several of these extensions will address key …
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  • Weekly deaths declined in NZ’s lockdown – but we still don’t know exactly why

    … with the three previous years. Preliminary data on weekly deaths were from Statistics NZ [1]. The data … deaths in 2020 vs 2019 was proportionately highest in the under 30-year age-group (83.1% of the 2019 level, 72 fewer … a reduction in total deaths in six states that each had under 100 COVID-19 cases (ie, Alaska, Hawaii, North Dakota, …
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  • Patterns of declining smoking in NZ – But more action needed by the New Government

    … and for European New Zealanders. In this blog we comment on the possible reasons for these trends and describe recent work on how progress could be accelerated. Just published results … control sector) earlier this year – as detailed in this report on “Achieving Smokefree Aotearoa by 2025” [13], and …
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  • “Why not just ban it?” Is it time to consider ending tobacco sales?

    … This blog considers some arguments for and against a ban on the production (other than tobacco grown for personal … to zero smoking prevalence by 2025. The blog comes down on the side of intensifying other tobacco control approaches … country laid out in the Māori Affairs Select Committee report in 2010 (9) has taken root. An immediate ban on the …
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  • Does healthy food really cost more?

    … food costs more – but does it really? It all depends on how you measure the cost. This blog post looks at some of … healthy foods. However, there seems to be little consensus on how best to measure price – per calorie? Per gram? Per … than less healthy ones. Cost per calorie Other authors report similar findings. Davis and Carlson (2014) (4) used a …
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  • Vaccination is often cost-effective but not (currently) HPV vaccination for boys in NZ

    … This blog looks at a study we just published on a cost-utility analysis around extending HPV vaccination … money – as per a previous study we have done and blogged on . But given that the Australian Government is now … achieved for girls) would not be cost-effective (at NZ$117,500 per QALY gained, 95% uncertainty interval: NZ$57,100 to …
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  • Management of Auckland’s border and COVID-19

    … in people in the rest of Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ). Based on that comparison, we assess whether current Managed Isolation and Quarantine (MIQ) requirements on one hand, and lack of quarantine between Auckland and other regions on the other, appropriately reflect the actual relative risks …
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  • Health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 response: NZ compared to OECD countries

    … website 3 for probable and confirmed deaths. Data on quarterly GDP changes (relative to the previous quarter) … their initial infection; 11 and (iii) the prevention on anxiety in the population from reduced risk of infection. However, on the other hand, there are the mixed impacts on mental …
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