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  • Health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 response: NZ compared to OECD countries

    … with the IMF predictions for GDP in 2020 overall being -6.1% for NZ and -6.3% for the OECD. Nevertheless, a fuller … elimination strategy and to have achieved this. 1 2 In this blog we aim to provide an updated description of … (Q1), the changes were fairly similar to the OECD: -1.4% (NZ) vs -1.9% (OECD); and in Q2 these were -12.2% (NZ) …
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  • Dietary counselling – how effective and cost-effective is it?

    … a well-studied effective and cost-effective intervention [1]) – but what about dietary counselling? What does the most … index (BMI), waist circumference, and weight (see Table 1 in the Appendix below for more details). Various … Also that: “physician time is costly and at least 1 trial has suggested that registered dietitians, when …
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  • To ensure success of the trans-Tasman travel “green zone”, we need to reduce system failures at the NZ border

    … first in the world by the Lowy Institute in Australia [1] and its economic indicators, such as GDP impacts, also … policies and practices in both countries.   APPENDIX Table 1: List of COVID-19 border control failures in NZ since July … reportedly had the South African variant (lineage B.1.351) of the pandemic virus [24]. Genome sequencing has …
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  • The Omicron waves – Comparing Aotearoa NZ and Australia in four key graphs

    … the values to rates per 100,000 population ( figure 1 ). Figure 1 covers the period from July 2021 of the Covid-19 pandemic, … on 4 March). The rest of NZ in general lags behind by 1 to 4 weeks (peaking on 22 March overall, with most …
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  • How much of Māori:European mortality inequalities are due to socioeconomic position and tobacco?

    … research just published in the journal Epidemiology [1]. There is also an accompanying video of Tony Blakely … we find? We looked at three research questions. Question 1: How much of ethnic inequalities in mortality are mediated … (39.6, 53.6) 45.6 (40.3, 50.7) % Mediated (SEP + Tob) 47.1 (31.6, 63.2) 47.8 (40.7, 54.6) 47.6 (42.4, 52.8) Mediation …
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  • Three Waters reforms are needed to protect public health and ensure changes are economically sustainable and efficient

    … management of drinking water resources which is currently: 1)  inadequate to protect public health and promote health … (~8,000 people), with 58 hospitalisations and four deaths. 1,2 The outbreak was an outcome of systemic flaws in Aotearoa … and city council into four government entities (see Figure 1). The entities will have equal representation from mana …
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  • How best to classify and count NZ’s border control failures in the COVID-19 pandemic?

    … in a world ranking by the Lowy Institute in Australia [1]. NZ’s economic indicators also compare favourably to … 2020 [6], but since then more have occurred (see Table 1). In contrast, the Ministry of Health avoids the term … (eg, the infection of a port worker as detailed in Table 1). An “internal MIQ facility failure” is where there is …
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  • How much revenue would a New Zealand sugary drink tax raise? And how might be best to do it?

    … have put in place a sugary drink tax, and from 1 January 2018 the UK will implement a tiered levy based on … beverage availability and sugar content in New Zealand. 1 See table below for these estimates. Beverage categories … denote the percentage change in quantity purchased for a 1% change in price. Ideally, we would have price elasticities …
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  • Running into Trouble: COVID-19 in Japan during the Tokyo Olympics

    … have also been highlighted in leading medical journals 1-3 and by many commenters, particularly in Japan. 4 5 THE … again, marking the start of the second wave (see Figure 1), which peaked in early August 2020. 12 The increase in … wave of COVID-19 cases was taking off in Japan (see Table 1), driven by the spread of the Delta variant along with a …
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  • How to Systematically Reduce the Border Failure Risk for COVID-19 in Aotearoa/NZ

    … cross-border incursions of the pandemic virus (five since 1 August, including a large outbreak in Auckland) highlights … community transmission of the COVID-19 pandemic. 1-3 The response to COVID-19 also appears to have eliminated … that are cause for concern (five occasions since 1 August, including the large Auckland outbreak, see …
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