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  • Media release: Covid-19 vaccines work, but we need to do more to get the most out of them

    … against infection, hospitalisation, death and Long Covid as well as improving outcomes for pregnant people. Professor Potter, … programme. “That includes keeping the vaccines up to date as the variants change and promoting high and equitable …
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  • Food and beverage taxes for a healthier diet: The Pacific experience

    … drinks provides an opportunity to fund such initiatives as extending free healthy school lunches and/or free dental … growing rates of NCDs in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) such as diabetes, cancer, and tooth decay. NZ (and Australia) has … by the World Health Organization (WHO), 4 are effective, 5; 6 and have been used for more than two decades by our …
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  • Can CT screening for lung cancer in New Zealand be cost-effective?

    … conducted in more than 50,000 high risk people (defined as current or former smokers aged 55-74 years, with a 30 … impact on inequalities in lung cancer, among others (5). So, what about the cost-effectiveness of LDCT screening? … LDCT only, not including (say) adjunct smoking cessation. As can be seen in the table, there is clearly a great deal of …
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  • The COVID-19 pandemic in Aotearoa/NZ: A brief photo-essay with 10 photos

    … some instances these images reflect success factors such as the relatively early introduction of border controls and … the equivalent scores for Australia being 73.2/100 and 64.5/100). 3 Nevertheless, better prepared jurisdictions, such as Taiwan were able to avoid a lockdown while still achieving …
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  • Reducing waiting times for cataract surgery is good value-for-money for falls prevention

    … Expedited cataract surgery Cataracts tend to develop as we age and are the most common cause of impaired vision. … we have modelled, expediting cataract surgery is not quite as cost-effective as strength and balance exercise programmes or home safety …
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  • Likely rise in invasive strep infections in NZ requires a strategy

    … taken to reduce the spread of respiratory diseases, such as school and work closures, border restrictions, masking, … higher than pre-pandemic levels. 4 They included the US, 5 France, Netherlands, 6 Sweden, Spain, 7 Northern Ireland, … Invasive GAS is not currently a notifiable disease in NZ. As such, data on the epidemiology of infections is patchy. We …
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  • Improving our pandemic preparedness: Counterfactuals and continuous quality improvement

    … during that period to articulate their perspectives.  As we reflect on these experiences, it is essential to also … in a range of ways, including quantitative measures such as excess mortality and the personal stories of people living … impact of the pandemic on UK health care delivery. 5 The Phase 2 Inquiry has a particular focus on “…key …
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  • Being forced to leave your rental home can harm health

    … the New Zealand legal definition and we are using the term as it used in the international literature ie, to refer also to informal evictions such as tenants’ being given notice or a fixed-term contract … homely’ (Kelly; note that all names are pseudonyms). As Jonny explained ‘I really found my feet here, you know’. …
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  • Urgently upgrading NZ’s Covid-19 response

    … is not indicated, in particular a lack of measures such as mask-wearing and improved ventilation to prevent airborne … spread. We have previously advocated for adoption of masks as a ‘nose and mouth’ lockdown that can prevent a ‘full body … where masks are required in transport and health settings as above, and also in indoor workplaces, secondary schools …
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  • Tax policy as a key health determinant: Reform for the Covid-19 reset

    … become less progressive than they were in the 1980s. 1 As a flat tax, GST takes a bigger chunk out of the incomes of … inequalities (for example in some rural communities); 5 and the likelihood that pending job losses will … better tax revenue. NZ’s current tax policy NZ’s tax take as a percentage of GDP is less than the OECD average (NZ’s …
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