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  • Aotearoa’s government-funded school lunches failing nutrition standards

    … 2 The consortium, the School Lunch Collective (SLC), 3 now delivers lunches to more than half of the students on … reduced from $6.99 (Years 4-8) and $8.90 (Years 9+) to $3. 2 Schools could continue to use internal model providers … with Years 0-6 students. The School Lunch Collective, 3 a consortium formed at the time between Compass Group NZ, …
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  • Food poverty for NZ teens creating an achievement lag of up to four years

    … similar to rates of food poverty in Colombia and Chile. 3 We had the third highest rate of students in severe food … once a week; 83 points for students who miss meals 2 to 3 times a week and 94 points for students who miss meals … to an average year of learning for 15-year-olds. 3,4 Figure 1. Proportions of 15-year-olds in NZ in food …
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  • Throwing open the windows: The need for ventilation improvements as part of Covid-19 outbreak control in Aotearoa

    … the same room but more than two metres away) has occurred [3, 4]. Indoor spaces with low levels of ventilation are … as virus-laden aerosols can remain airborne for hours [3, 5]. A recent review has noted the importance of infectious … double the rate in a typical office or school building [3, 5]. New Zealand’s pre-pandemic guidelines for schools …
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  • Is it time to pilot a test and treat programme for reducing the stomach cancer burden and inequalities in NZ?

    … Census Mortality and CancerTrends Study, 1981-2011 (2,3) ( Data explorer ) Stomach cancer is one of the greatest … in New Zealand (NZ). In 2006-2011, stomach cancer was 3.4 times more common in Māori men and 5.8 times greater in … (6%-29%). The health gains and costs are discounted at 3% per annum (i.e. one quality-adjusted life-year [QALY] …
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  • Covid-19 Case-Fatality Risk & Infection-Fatality Risk – important measures to help guide the pandemic response

    … Covid-19 pandemic utilised elimination approaches ( Figure 3 ). Using these data up to 8 May 2022, NZ’s cumulative CFR … Omicron, the cumulative CFR in NZ was ~0.34%. Figure 3: Omicron Period – Covid-19 Case-Fatality Risk – Cumulative … Epidemic Command Center that the majority of deaths up to 3 May 2022 in the Omicron wave are amongst the unvaccinated. …
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  • Increasing whooping cough cases put pēpi at risk. What can be done about it?

    … pēpi  are the most vulnerable to severe illness and death, 3 and Māori, Pacific, and people living in areas of high … circulating in NZ and epidemics typically occur every 3-5 years (see Figure 1). 7 There has been a marked increase … vaccination during pregnancy, and immunisation at 6 weeks, 3 months and 5 months. Booster doses at 4 and 11 years also …
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  • Plugging the gap: Aotearoa’s piped water loss far worse than global leaders

    … national leakage level of 22% (133 million cubic metres (m 3 ) lost out of 596 million m 3 supplied for 332 water providers and when excluding … poor locality results eg, Upper Hutt at 41% leakage, 3 and South Wairarapa at 42%. 4   But using leakage data …
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  • Tobacco industry interference: Is the new Government meeting its international obligations?

    … assertions, 2 lobbied and influenced decision-makers, 3 manipulated research “evidence”, 4 undermined independent … policy making from tobacco industry influences; Article 5.3 states that: ‘‘in setting and implementing their public … in accordance with national law’’. 9 Further, Article 5.3 requires governments to interact with tobacco companies …
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  • The Pros and Cons of a Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Goal: The Case is Overwhelmingly Pro for NZ

    … stimulated wider reflection among the ASPIRE 2025 and BODE 3 research groups on the pros and cons of NZ having such a … blog on successful NZ endgames, and these publications: [3, 4]). NZ also successfully achieved goals to eradicate a … between Māori and non-Māori by 2 years (from a projected 3.8 years down to 1.8 years) [6]. Furthermore, various …
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  • An upgraded Alert Level 2 is urgently needed to address the Delta Variant threat

    … Alert Level 4, with the rest of the country at Alert Level 3) to eliminate community transmission. As NZ plans moves … closed (as is currently required under Alert Level 2). 3. NZ should update all Alert Levels to reflect airborne … facilities in Australia and NZ, which highlight this risk [3]. Control measures, including mandatory masking and …
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