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  • Health system costs in NZ: variation by sex, age & proximity to death

    … Such work is only possible due to extraordinary richness of routine NZ data. We highlight four findings. First, costs … is much less variability by age for costs in the last year of life – indeed, the ‘costs of dying’ peak at about 60 years of age, then fall …
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  • More evidence that elimination is the best COVID-19 control strategy for health and the economy

    … be really certain about the relative benefits and costs of different COVID-19 control strategies. The likely health and economic benefits of using an elimination strategy (as NZ has done), relative … strategies have previously been reported on by some of us in a blog [1] and in the British Medical Journal [2]. …
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  • Urgent action needed to help eliminate cervical cancer in Aotearoa

    … Elimination is possible because almost all cases of cervical cancer are caused by the human papillomavirus … HPV vaccination, HPV primary screening and treatment of abnormal cervical cell changes. If all women and people … cancer will be eliminated in NZ within the lifetime of today’s children.  NGOs, researchers and the public are …
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  • Improving the health of our children: Project Energize bang for the health $

    … case and evidence f or Project Energize]. The highlight of the 2014 Budget for children was $90 million to make GP … We also need to have evaluations to show that this type of investment is working – accountability for the money that … District Health Board (DHB) and delivered by a team of Energizers with Sport Waikato. The programme covers …
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  • Global survey shows New Zealanders value science highly, prioritise public health

    … including public health challenges.  The high level of trust reported globally should not be taken for granted. … to demonstrate trustworthiness. Five years since the start of the COVID pandemic, it can feel as if trust in the … in science. There is a very real need for scepticism, criticism and scrutiny of science. But governments need …
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  • Young New Zealanders want a tobacco-free future - new research

    … Aotearoa’s world-leading smokefree law flies in the face of public opinion, with new research demonstrating strong … conducted in Aotearoa in August-September 2023. A storm of protest has erupted following the announcement that … world-leading smokefree laws are set to be axed as part of the coalition agreement between National, ACT and New …
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  • From across the Ditch: How Australia has to decide on the least worst option for COVID-19

    … Australia owes a debt of gratitude to its pandemic modellers, public health … and politicians – we have avoided the explosive beginning of a COVID-19 epidemic that most other countries are now … the ditch – we are advantaged by being at the bottom of the world with a slightly longer time to respond. Without …
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  • Eliminate the pandemic virus causing COVID-19 or risk an animal reservoir

    … an effective strategy for New Zealand in the management of the COVID-19 pandemic virus (SARS-CoV-2). Most other … within reach. There is one additional argument in favour of elimination: the longer the highly infectious SARS-CoV-2 … species and that these will become a reservoir capable of transmission back to humans. Elimination has been an …
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  • Preventing diabetes: What does the latest modelling evidence tell us about health gains and cost savings?

    … Approximately 5.5% of NZ adults have been diagnosed with diabetes. In this blog … that suggests that further investment in interventions of proven effectiveness to prevent type 2 diabetes could … intervention and drug treatment to prevent or delay the development of diabetes in high risk adults [6]. The DPP …
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  • Should smokefree indoor areas = vapefree areas?

    … The NZ Ministry of Health is currently reviewing public submissions on … consultation raises questions about how the wider uptake of e-cigarette use (known as “vaping”) will be managed. In … laws and policies. It is timely that the Ministry of Health is considering whether and how to allow access to …
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