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  • Can CT screening for lung cancer in New Zealand be cost-effective?

    … Because there is still doubt about its cost-effectiveness. In this blog, we discuss the uncertainties and suggest a way … New Zealand.   Lung cancer isn’t the most common cancer in New Zealand – it doesn’t make it into the “top three” cancers in men or women. But it is the most deadly cancer, accounting …
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  • What does the EY Tobacco Excise Tax Evaluation Report mean for reaching the Smokefree 2025 Goal?

    … increases (conditional on positive impacts demonstrated in enhanced monitoring) and implementing comprehensive and … measures, are highly consistent with those made in the NZ tobacco control sector’s Achieving Smokefree … achieve the Smokefree 2025 goal equitably for all peoples in Aotearoa.   When the Labour/New Zealand (NZ) First/Green …
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  • Capitalising on NZ’s linked data by increasing IT and researcher capacity: Opportunity is knocking

    … datasets.  This can generate new knowledge in academia, service delivery and policy.  Conversely, NZ has … data systems infrastructure and research capacity.  In this blog we consider these opportunities and barriers.  We believe we are at a moment in time when a major centralized investment is required that …
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  • Human health impacts of plastic exposure – an evolving evidence base

    … for harm to human health caused by plastic has grown in the last five years, notably from chemical additives in plastics and plastic particles themselves. This evidence … containing plastic, reduce our interactions with plastics in our day-to-day lives, and minimise exposure to plastic …
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  • Money down the drain: The high cost of leaking water pipes

    … threat to this basic necessity and wastes precious funds. In regions where water is metered in Aotearoa New Zealand, we … by Councils, it is not clear whether these prices reflect average costs, marginal costs, or if some Councils have used … metering prices used by various Councils are based on average costs, or marginal costs, or if some Councils have …
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  • The Pros and Cons of a Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Goal: The Case is Overwhelmingly Pro for NZ

    … In this blog we review the case for the Smokefree Aotearoa … gains, impact on reducing health inequalities, and savings in health costs that will follow from achieving it. Arguments … by the 2010 Māori Affairs Select Committee and in 2011, the Government of the day adopted it as a national …
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  • Is Euthanasia a health priority for New Zealand at present?

    … be needed to operationalise the End of Life Choice Act in the event that it is approved at  referendum. It argues … will take significant resources. Judging by the experience in Oregon it is likely that this may only benefit a small … During the first 5 years of the Act being in force on average 25 people a year, around 0.08% of total deaths, …
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  • Artificially sweetened beverages: What does the latest evidence tell us on health benefits versus harm?

    … the public, public health practitioners and policy makers. In NZ there are numerous artificial sweeteners approved for use in beverages, including aspartame (brand names NutraSweet, … are significantly sweeter than sugar, they are used in very small amounts and therefore contribute no or little …
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  • What does the novel coronavirus epidemic mean for New Zealand?

    … situation. It also explores what New Zealand might do in response to protect both its own citizens and people living in those Pacific Island nations where the major transport … has tragic consequences for vulnerable populations in its path, but also has potential to unlock the best in …
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  • Using a fun “Mask Day” at school to promote pandemic protection in the NZ community

    … pandemic virus transmission, the uptake of mask use in the public has been suboptimal. In this blog, we explore using “Mask Day” at school to … of COVID-19, necessitating Alert Level 3 restrictions in Auckland and Alert Level 2 within the rest of the country. …
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