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  • A new online calculator for estimating how much a society might spend on life-saving interventions

    … the maximum investment society might consider spending on life-saving health interventions, while remaining … age: 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 million for an 80-year-old, assuming we are …
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  • NZ compares well with other OECD countries in health & other areas: But scope for improvements

    … in many ways – according to the just released results of the OECD’s “Better Life Index”. This blog considers some of the details and also various ways we could make further improvements in … society in recent decades e.g., around tobacco control and on-going improvements to the health system and in society at …
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  • COVID-19 and the law in Aotearoa NZ

    … Health and emergency laws have played a critical role in this country’s successful elimination of community transmission of the COVID-19 pandemic. This blog details key aspects of the legislation and comments on issues around testing, payments by incoming travellers for …
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  • What can Aotearoa NZ learn from Australia’s new vaping policies?

    … products. Yet despite this approach, illegal supply of vapes has seen youth vaping rise. The Australian Minister … product imports, end sales of disposable vaping products, and decrease the appeal of vaping to young people. Should NZ … among older age groups . The NZ Government has consulted on measures to tighten existing regulations, including …
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  • How might NZ expand community water fluoridation?

    … The recently published Report on the safety of water fluoridation (Royal Society of NZ & … Zealand given the scientific evidence for health benefit and safety, reduction in inequalities in oral health, and the …
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  • Smoking prevalence and trends: important findings from the 2023-24 New Zealand Health Survey

    … Health Survey (NZHS) data for 2023/2024 were released on 19 November. For the first time in a decade, the prevalence of daily smoking did not decline in Aotearoa, sitting at 6.9% … in smoking prevalence persist for Māori, Pacific peoples, and people experiencing higher levels of deprivation. These …
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  • What can we learn from Healthy Housing Initiatives? New evidence from the Wellington Well Homes scheme

    … conditions result in ill health for many New Zealanders, and we know which interventions are required to ensure good … Healthy Housing Initiatives intervene to improve the homes of kids who are hospitalised for illnesses that could be … to poor housing conditions. In this blog post, we draw on recently published research to gain insights about housing …
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  • How to best prioritise Covid-19 Vaccination in Aotearoa/New Zealand

    … working at the border, including in the Managed Isolation and Quarantine (MIQ) facilities. There have been calls for … Ethics Advisory Committee has released a final report [3] on Resource Allocation and Covid-19 that includes a section … speaking there are two benefits to vaccination; protection of the individual and protection of the community (by …
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  • Reducing salt in food good for health and NZ’s health budget – New research

    … In this blog post we report on a new study from the BODE 3 Programme that suggests that strategies to reduce the dietary salt intake of New Zealanders could produce major health gains and major cost savings for the publicly-funded health sector. …
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  • Lessons from jurisdictions that are battling their own Delta variant outbreaks

    … respects a likely scenario given the high infectiousness of this variant and the emerging evidence that vaccines may be less effective … (R o ), estimated at between 5 and 7 [3] meaning that on average, a Delta case may infect between 5 to 7 other …
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