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  • The Covid-19 experience in Aotearoa New Zealand and other comparable high-income jurisdictions and implications for managing the next pandemic phase

    … , and then a mitigation approach in response to widespread community transmission of Covid-19 was understandable. … pursued elimination strategies to exclude and eliminate community transmission of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes … of the Omicron variant in late 2021 resulted in widespread community transmission of Covid-19 in all of these six …
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  • Dropping the ball on measles? Aotearoa must close an ‘immunity gap’ to avoid a measles epidemic

    … these institutions that particularly drive spread in the community. Second, improved communication to travellers about … rethink our response to new measles cases arising in the community to have a stronger immunisation component.  The … could include more ‘ring immunisation’ in and around a community with measles cases; those susceptible could be …
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  • Where do the parties stand? Addressing Māori health inequity

    … Ora – which encompasses supporting families within the community context. National Believes in devolved care for … providers who are doing a good job of reaching the local community. Will devolve autonomy closer to the home and … government including a funding boost for Māori primary and community healthcare providers as part of $71.6m in …
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  • Expanding the Definition of Tobacco Harm Reduction: A Mindset Change to Help Achieve a Smokefree Aotearoa

    … further discussion of these ideas amongst the smokefree community as attention turns to how measures in the … opportunities for greater cohesion within the smokefree community. Tobacco companies have much to gain by creating … detail other harm reduction examples, and the societal/community and equity dimensions of harm reduction), we now …
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  • Long COVID: Century-old Lessons We Still Have Not Learned

    … on the REACT-2 study, involving 508,707 people in the community in England. The weighted prevalence of … at 30 days post-discharge 13 . A Meta-analysis of Both Community Cases and the Hospitalised Wulf Hanson and … analysis on detailed information for 1,906 people with community infections and 10,526 hospitalised patients from …
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  • How to best describe NZ’s border control problems around COVID-19 with a possible typology

    … of situations where there are infectious cases in the community and corrective action is needed to protect public … systems being in place, there are still occurrences of community transmission or returnees released from MIQ … *   * * * * Post-MIQ Infected traveller post-MIQ & in the community ** *   Implications and basis for deciding on …
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  • Five lessons for Aotearoa NZ from the current COVID-19 outbreak in New South Wales

    … Australia has generally succeeded in eliminating community transmission of the pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2, but … that the country should prepare for swift lockdowns if any community cases of the Delta variant are detected, and that …
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  • Action needed to halt New Zealand’s obesity epidemic: Themes from Big Food Symposium

    … epidemic. While they welcome the new Healthy Families NZ community-based initiative recently announced by the Minister … can afford to eat a healthy diet. Without supplementing community action with such upstream policy action, the … Louise Signal is a social scientist with a PhD in Community Health from the University of Toronto. She has …
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  • The science is certain: masks work. Policy and practice must support their use

    … for which there is no test, treatment, or vaccine. When community infection rates are high, masking in crowded indoor … address barriers. Government should provide the public and community leaders (eg, Māori and Pacific providers) with … infections (seasonal and pandemic) in healthcare and community settings. Effectiveness is increased when a higher …
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  • Time to stop dodging bullets? NZ’s eight recent border control failures

    … standards by adopting and pursuing a goal of eliminating community transmission of the pandemic virus that causes … probably an under-estimate given the likelihood that some community cases arising from border control failures were … 1 August 2020 (up to 15 November 2020) Event Extent of community spread Likely cause and additional details Auckland …
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